R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls System Management and Maintenance Configuration Guide-6PW101

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RSH configuration
NOTE:
The firewall supports configuring RSH only in the command line interface (CLI).
RSH overview
Remote shell (RSH) allows you to execute the internal and external commands provided by the operating
system (OS) on a remote host that runs the RSH daemon.
The firewall can serve as an RSH client and provides the rsh command as the tool for the RSH
feature. Figure 56 sho
ws a typical application scenario.
Figure 56 RSH application
The RSH daemon supports authentication of an RSH client by the username. To enable or disable the RSH
daemon on Windows NT, 2000, XP, or 2003, use the Services component.
Configuring RSH
Configuration prerequisites
• Run the RSH daemon on the remote host.
• Make sure there are routes between the firewall and the remote host.
Configuration procedure
Execute a remote host’s OS command from the firewall by executing the following command:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Execute an OS command of a
remote host
rsh host [ user username ]
command remote-command
Required
Available in user view
NOTE:
If RSH daemon authentication is enabled on the remote host, you must provide the username confi
g
ured
on the remote host in advance.