rshd output "daemon err rshd[PID]: can't get stderr port: Resource temporarily unavailable"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • rshd output the following error message when incoming rsh requests from rsh client(s) exceeded the maximum number of connections simultaneously or too many TCP ports in 512 - 1023 were occupied.
daemon err rshd[PID]: can't get stderr port: Resource temporarily unavailable

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • rsh-server

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