Hi,

If I have posted this message on the wrong newsgroup, please let me know
which one
I should use.

I need to have "rshd" (Remore Shell Daemon) running in order to be able to
use
MPICH (Message Passing Interface) for parallel computing. I checked the file
"/etc/inetd.conf" and the lines for the BSD protocols are there i.e.

shell stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.rshd
login stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.rlogind

and I also checked to make that the rsh (Remote Shell) software was
installed.

So the question is: how to start the "rshd" ?

On my Linux system the following daemon NOT activated:

BSD remote user info daemon
BSD remote who info daemon

Network Information Service (client part)
Network Information Service (server part)

Should any of these be activated ?

I admit that the above shows my lack of knowledge and understanding of the
role of "rshd"
and any help in becoming more knowledgeable about this would be much
appreciated.

Additional information:

OS: Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4
CPU: Pentium 166MHz
Memory: 80 MB RAM

(Yes, it is old but besides the "rshd" problem, it does the job )

Thanks in advance !
--
René Girard