HP VPN Firewall Appliances System Management and Maintenance Configuration Guide

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Configuring RSH
RSH can be configured only at the CLI.
Remote shell (RSH) allows users to execute OS commands on a remote host that runs the RSH daemon.
Windows NT, 2000, XP, and 2003 are shipped with no RSH daemon. The RSH daemon must be
separately obtained and installed on the remote host.
The RSH daemon supports authentication of an RSH client by the username. Figure 72 sh
ows a net
work
diagram for the typical RSH application.
Figure 72 RSH application
Configuration prerequisites
• Run RSH daemon on the remote host.
• Make sure there are routes between the device and the remote host.
Configuration procedure
To execute a remote host OS command from the device:
Task Command Remarks
Execute an OS command of a
remote host.
rsh host [ user username ]
command remote-command
Available in user view.
If RSH daemon authentication is enabled on the remote host, you must provide the username configured
on the remote host in advance.
RSH configuration example
Network requirements
As shown in Figure 73, run Windows 2000 on the remote host and start the RSH daemon service on it.
Use the firewall to set the time of the remote host remotely.