Another option would be a CP SEND command from a VM user that was SECUSER to the linux console. You have to alter /etc/inittab to have root logged in at boot.
Marcy. Sent from my BlackBerry. ----- Original Message ----- From: Davis, Larry (National VM/VSE Capability) [mailto:larry.dav...@hp.com] Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 04:36 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> Subject: Re: [IBMVM] VM to zLinux Remote Execution Glad to here Larry Davis -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 5:26 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: VM to zLinux Remote Execution How about that. It is there, just like you said. I kept looking for REXEC(D) in the Network Service Configuration panel. Then opening port 512 in the firewall of the Linux machine. And then adding the client machine (VM) to HOSTNAMES on Linux solved the security problem. However, I didn't have to install anything. tcpd was already there in SLES 11 SP 1. But that could have been due to the "patterns" I selected at install time. So everything is working fine....for now. Thanks Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> "Davis, Larry (National VM/VSE Capability)" <larry.dav...@hp.com> 7/22/2011 >>> 1:07 PM >>> The service is called "exec" in xinetd and it is located in /usr/sbin/tcpd I had to install it from the repository it was not there by default. Try looking for exec or tcpd in the repository Larry Davis -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 2:02 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: VM to zLinux Remote Execution I've searched for the basic REXEC daemon for zSeries SLES 11, but I couldn't find anything. I could have been looking in the wrong place. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting >>> "Davis, Larry (National VM/VSE Capability)" <larry.dav...@hp.com> 7/22/2011 >>> 12:34 PM >>> REXEC is available in Linux but you will get Auditors screaming about it. We got a wavier at our site. You can use IPTABLES to restrict REXEC access from/to certain systems. Larry Davis -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Duerbusch Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 1:32 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: VM to zLinux Remote Execution I'm trying to remotely execute a command with CMS as the client and SLES 11 SP 1 as the server. All documentation I've found so far, shows how to do it from Linux to VM. Apparently the problem is, TCPIP for VM only has the unsecured REXEC client and SLES 11 only has a secured sshd. I've searched the VM download page for a ssh client. I've done some Linux searches for how to dumb down sshd (i.e. to allow unsecured transfers). Of course, there might be program products available, but unless they would be zero cost products, it's not going to happen in the short term. Thanks for any help Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (Still on z/VM 5.2)