rhosts(5)


NAME
     rhosts, hosts.equiv - trusted remote users or hosts

SYNOPSIS
     ~user/.rhosts
     /etc/hosts.equiv

DESCRIPTION
     The per user .rhosts and the per system hosts.equiv files can be used  to
     allow  users  to  use rlogin or rsh without a password.  The remote login
     services first check the system wide /etc/hosts.equiv file and  then  the
     ~user/.rhosts  of  the intended user.  Both files contain lines of one of
     two forms:

          host
          host ruser

     The first form tells that any user from host is allowed to login to  this
     system  under  the  same name.  The second form allows ruser from host to
     login.

     Under Minix host may be a pattern using * as a  wildcard.   One  can  use
     this,  carefully one may hope, to allow an entire domain to log in.  Host
     may also be an IP address, or a network specification in CIDR form,  e.g.
     172.16.102.64/27.

SEE ALSO
     rlogin(1), rsh(1).

NOTES
     Minix has no restrictions on becoming super-user remotely.  Other systems
     usually require one to log in as a user and then use su to become root.

     You must use fully qualified hostnames, it is not possible  to  omit  the
     domain part.

AUTHOR
     Kees J. Bot <kjb@cs.vu.nl>