Problem was resolved and it was due to banner shown with ssh command . I told SA to rename the /etc/motd file and it worked. Tx Sanjay ----- Original Message ---- From: Roman Podshivalov <roman.podshivalov@xxxxxxxxx> To: smishra_97@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:49:32 PM Subject: Re: RACL Cluvfy AIX check if you have any echo or stty commands in oracle .profile/.login/.cshrc/etc files and comment them out. --romas On 1/17/08, Sanjay Mishra <smishra_97@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi I am installing RAC on AIX first time. It is 5 node RAC. When tried to execute runcluvfy.sh, it is failing on user Equivalence and comes out of other testing. Here is what is already done all ssh, scp executable are in /usr/local/bin and sym link is created in /usr/bin ssh is working without password to all 5 nodes Also done the following export ORACLE_SRVM_REMOTESHELL=/usr/local/bin/ssh export ORACLE_SRVM_REMOTECOPY=/usr/local/bin/scp Any other method to troubleshoot the issue TIA Sanjay Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs