Problems with rexecd under Ultrix 4.0

[Kurt Hoyt]

In article <6960 at uceng.UC.EDU> Tom.Pitman at UC.Edu writes:
>I am having a bit of a problem with the rexec daemon under Ultrix 4.0
>on both a Vax 8650 and a DECstation 5000/200.
>
>We have determined that rexec seems to work if the user on the Ultrix
>machine is either root or a member of group 0 (system group).
>In the syslog file a message like the following is logged when a
>mere mortal attempts to rexec to one of the ultrix boxes:
>
>Dec  7 17:23:59 localhost: 11141 rexecd: setgid: Not owner
>
>Has anyone else run across this problem, or better yet does anyone have
>a solution?

The answer is yes to both questions. There is a patched version or /etc/rexecd
available at the CSC.

Kurt in Atlanta