backup on remote tape - again

[Reinhard Doelz]

Hi 
I followed the discussion on remote backups and I'm very interested in it. 
My problem so far is that the man page says that there MUST be guest login 
privileges on the remote host. This is nice, so far, unless there is no 
reliable environment where you gonna use a password for the guest login. 
As far as UNIX rsh is defined, root MAY not do a rsh even if there is 
a /etc/hosts.equiv or a .rhosts in GUESTs ~/ . As soon as root tries to 
run backup, bru, tar or whatever command the reply is "no privilege" - 
indicating that it works as originally intended. As a test, try your 
IRIS to be a remote host, and use the 3.2. OS backup tool in the sys 
man toolbox. Only if guest does not have a password, it works, otherwise, 
failure as described. This is annoying. Any ideas and suggestions appreciated.

- Reinhard