rsh client disconnects with rsh server with an error "socket: protocol failure in circuit setup" in stderr if remote port is out of the range of 512 - 1024.

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Issue

  • rsh client disconnects with rsh server with an error "socket: protocol failure in circuit setup" in stderr if remote port is out of the range of 512 - 1024.
socket: protocol failure in circuit setup

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • rsh

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