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 3 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 net-
     work specification in CIDR form, e.g.  172.16.102.64/27.


SEE ALSO

     rlogin(1), rsh(1).


NOTES

     MINIX 3 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>