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Contents

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• FILES
• SEE ALSO

NAME

       $HOME/.rhosts  -  grants or denies password-free r-command
       access to a specific user account

DESCRIPTION

       The .rhosts file allows  or  denies  a  user  who  has  an
       account  on  the  local  host  to use the r-commands (e.g.
       rlogin, rsh or rcp) without supplying a password.

       The file uses the following format:

       hostname [username]

       Such an entry grants password-free  r-command  access  for
       the user with the login name username from the remote host
       hostname.  If no user name is  specified,  the  user  must
       have  the same login name on the remote host and the local
       host. For security reasons you should always use the  FQDN
       of the hostname and not the short hostname.

       Netgroups  can  be specified by preceeding the netgroup by
       an @ sign.

       The .rhosts file must have permissions 600 (that is, read­
       able and writable only by the owner).

FILES

       $HOME/.rhosts

SEE ALSO

       hosts.equiv(5), rshd(8), rlogind(8)


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