What is rsh.rlogin and How to remove rsh.rlogin

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I never heard of this word rsh and also received a check list from Security pro that we have to disable rsh.

Can someone please tell me what is this rsh and how to disable it.

Base OS : RHEL 5.5 and 5.6

Had a look at what Wikipedia proposes "Rsh" might be? Remote Shell sounds like something a security pro might advise you to disable... I don't know RHEL, but maybe editing /etc/xinetd.d/rsh is a solution (look for disable). — sr_, Jan 12, 2013 at 10:27

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-12 23:10:26Z

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rsh is remote shell and it is unencrypted, that's why you should disable it.

I don't know which OS you are talking about, but for RHEL (like sr_ already stated) edit /etc/xinetd.d/rsh and set disable = yes.

After that restart xinetd and you're done.

Though I think, rsh should be disabled by default. Instead of rsh use ssh.

For more information on rsh read the man page.

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answered Jan 12, 2013 at 10:43

pat

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sorry i didnt mention the Operating System. Now i have updated the Question and I accept your answer.
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Jan 12, 2013 at 10:52

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Jean-Philippe · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-31 17:52:56Z

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To disable rsh access (on RHEL 5.11 servers) I had to do the following:

Edit /etc/xinetd.d/rlogin, and set disable = yes

And after that restart xinetd.

answered Mar 31, 2017 at 17:52

Jean-Philippe

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How does this differ from the 4 year old accepted answer?
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Mar 31, 2017 at 18:25

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