Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!brtph3!brchh104!brchs1!bnr.ca!rice.edu!sun-spots-request From: dav@genisco.gtc.com (David L. Markowitz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: extract_unbundled as root, remote drive? Keywords: Miscellaneous Message-ID: <2313@brchh104.bnr.ca> Date: 2 Apr 91 15:00:00 GMT Sender: news@brchh104.bnr.ca Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 15 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Original-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 91 14:11:45 PST X-Refs: Original: v10n63, Replies: v10n69 X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 75, message 9 X-Note: Submissions: sun-spots@rice.edu, Admin: sun-spots-request@rice.edu In comp.sys.sun you write: >Anybody know why I am not able to use extract_unbundled as root with a >remote drive? ... > Permission denied. > /usr/etc/extract_unbundled : Problem with reaching remote host beep You need to be able to do a remote shell as root without a password. This requires that the remote host's /.rhost file contain the name of the host on which you are running extract_unbundled. David L. Markowitz Genisco Technology Corporation dav@gtc.com