How To Install rsh-server on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsh-server on Rocky Linux 8.
What is rsh-server
The rsh-server package contains a set of programs which allow users to run commands on remote machines, login to other machines and copy files between machines (rsh, rlogin and rcp). All three of these commands use rhosts style authentication. This package contains the servers needed for all of these services. It also contains a server for rexec, an alternate method of executing remote commands. All of these servers are run by systemd and configured using systemd units and PAM. The rsh-server package should be installed to enable remote access from other machines
We can use yum or dnf to install rsh-server on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsh-server.
Install rsh-server on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install rsh-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsh-server
Install rsh-server on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install rsh-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsh-server
How To Uninstall rsh-server on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the rsh-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsh-server
rsh-server Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/pam.d/rexec
/etc/pam.d/rlogin
/etc/pam.d/rsh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/6090be78d59af87ff2a306793771b7298db6b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/20834a7796a3748a227121987a4e201db73520
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/ab098c5e67569b2feeb6970a7347f5ea0c6cb7
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rexec.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rlogin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsh.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/in.rexecd
/usr/sbin/in.rlogind
/usr/sbin/in.rshd
/usr/share/man/man8/in.rexecd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/in.rlogind.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/in.rshd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rexecd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rlogind.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rshd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsh-server on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.