Re: root and .rhosts file

[Brandon Mitchell <bhmit1@mail.wm.edu>]

It's a security hole (probably a simple dns spoof would gain root on
either machine.  And while I'm on the topic of security here, I'd suggest
ssh instead (harder, if not impossible to spoof).  But if you feel risky,
I think it is caused by the following:

bhmit1@hobbes(p1):bhmit1$ more /etc/securetty 
# /etc/securetty: list of terminals on which root is allowed to login.
# See securetty(5) and login(1).
tty1
tty2
tty3
tty4
tty5
tty6
tty7
tty8

HTH,
Brandon

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