Configure Linux mutual trust connections using RSH/SSH

1. rsh Configuration

1. Install software and start services

Chkconfig rsh on

Chkconfig rlogin on

Service xinetd reload

Create the/etc/hosts. equiv file

Touch/etc/hosts. equiv

Chmod 600/etc/hosts. equiv

Chown root: root/etc/hosts. equiv

Edit

+ <Hostname1>

+ <Hostname2>

Ii. ssh Configuration

1. Configure ssh to generate a key

Su-<user_name>

Mkdir ~ /. Ssh

Chmod 700 ~ /. Ssh

/Usr/bin/ssh-keygen-t rsa # Accept the default settings.

Exit

2. Activate user equivalency of host1

Host1

Su-<user_name>

Cd ~ /. Ssh

Cat id_rsa.pub> authorized_keys

Scp authorized_keys Host2:/<user_home_diretory>/. ssh/

Exit

3. Activate user equivalency of host2

Host2

Su-<user_name>

Cd ~ /. Ssh

Cat id_rsa.pub> authorized_keys

Scp authorized_keys Host1:/<user_home_diretory>/. ssh/

Both hosts contain: authorized_keys

4. Test

Su-<user_name>

Ssh host1 date

Ssh host2 date

Ssh host1.localdomain date

Ssh host2.localdomain date

Exec/usr/bin/ssh-agent $ SHELL

/Usr/bin/ssh-add

Exit