I was able to solve this. We need .rhosts file in the directory where we 
are logging to, also /etc/hosts.equiv needs to have logging machine name
Also, changing /etc/pam.d/rsh is not needed

Ok does anyone know how to enable "telnet". I have uncommented "telnet" 
line(3rd line) and did /etc/rc.d/inetd restart/reload. But when do 
telnet from my linux host, I get
Trying 129.158.224.230...
Connected to 129.158.224.230.
Escape character is '^]'.
telnetd: Authorization failed.
Connection closed by foreign host.

Regards
Prasanta
Prasanta Sadhukhan wrote:

> Hi,
> Stephen Borrill wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Prasanta Sadhukhan wrote:
>>
>>>> The kernel has nothing to do with rsh/ssh. The ssh service is provided
>>>> by sshd(8). To enable this add the following to your /etc/rc.conf:
>>>> sshd=YES
>>>>
>>>> and then either reboot or type:
>>>> /etc/rc.d/sshd start
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks...and what about rsh?
>>
>>
>>
>> Edit /etc/inetd.conf and uncomment the login and shell lines before 
>> running /etc/rc.d/inetd reload
>>
> When I do an rsh from my linux system to netbsd, it's keep asking for 
> password even though I have setup my linux ~/.rhosts file properly with
> <my m/c> <username>
> I commented the /etc/pam.d/rsh file for these lines
> #auth           required        pam_nologin.so          no_warn
> #auth           sufficient      pam_rhosts.so           no_warn 
> allow_root
> #auth           required        pam_unix.so             no_warn 
> try_first_pass
> and then restarted/reloaded the inet.d but still getting the password 
> problem.
> If I give the password, then it's able to login but I want to login 
> without giving the password, which I can do from my linux to other 
> servers
> Any suggestion?
>
> Regards
> Prasanta
> I tried to
>