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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!tezcat!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.alt.net!newspost1.alt.net!usenet From: shane@cois.on.ca (Shane Bywater) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Need help with BSDI v2.1 remote installation Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 16:13:15 GMT Organization: Altopia Corp. - Affordable Usenet Access - http://www.alt.net Lines: 25 Message-ID: <32e244c0.475455483@news.cois.on.ca> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5642 Hi, I'm trying to install BSD/OS v2.1 on a machine on our existing network. It doesn't have a CDROM so I'm trying to use the remote install option. So far with no success. What I need to know is what that correct format for the rhosts file is. The BSD/OS manual says it should contain the IP address of the new host. But doing a "man rsh" shows that the hostname should be in the .rhosts file. I've tried both ways and all the combinations I could think of for the .rhosts file with no success. The .rhosts file does have the proper permissions as both the manual and man pages say it should. The error I keep getting is something llike the remote computer has to trust this local machine, make sure that this local host is in the .rhosts file on the remote computer. It than tells me where I can find the .rhosts file (ie. /root/.rhosts) for the user root on the remote machine. I've modified that file as well the rhosts file for a regular user on the remote host but haven't had any success. If anyone has done this successfully I would be greatly thankfull if you could let me know how you did it or what I'm doing wrong. Thanks, Shane