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Re: rlogin & $(HOME)/.rhosts



On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, FASSINO Jean-Philippe wrote:
> I have a problem with rlogin.
> When i want to go on another machine, the $(HOME)/.rhosts file does not
> work. And  i must give my password.
> Does somebody know this problem and set it ??

Make sure your rshd entry in /etc/inetd.conf has the `-h' option:

shell           stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.rshd -h

Better: use ssh instead.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
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