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From: hoyt@decatl.alf.dec.com (Kurt Hoyt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Problems with rexecd under Ultrix 4.0
Summary: There is a patch
Keywords: rexecd MacX
Message-ID: <1990Dec14.144334.3833@decatl.alf.dec.com>
Date: 14 Dec 90 14:43:34 GMT
References: <6960@uceng.UC.EDU>
Reply-To: hoyt@decatl.alf.dec.com (Kurt Hoyt)
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Alpharetta, GA
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In article <6960@uceng.UC.EDU> Tom.Pitman@UC.Edu writes:
>I am having a bit of a problem with the rexec daemon under Ultrix 4.0
>on both a Vax 8650 and a DECstation 5000/200.
>
>We have determined that rexec seems to work if the user on the Ultrix
>machine is either root or a member of group 0 (system group).
>In the syslog file a message like the following is logged when a
>mere mortal attempts to rexec to one of the ultrix boxes:
>
>Dec  7 17:23:59 localhost: 11141 rexecd: setgid: Not owner
>
>Has anyone else run across this problem, or better yet does anyone have
>a solution?

The answer is yes to both questions. There is a patched version or /etc/rexecd
available at the CSC.

Kurt in Atlanta