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Re: Problems with rlogin!!!



Don't use rlogin.  Use ssh.

On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 10:35:57PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> John Sanabria (jo-sanab@uniandes.edu.co) wrote:
> 
> > Somebody know how can i let that others machines can get into my
> > machine using rsh.
> > 
> > I put .rhosts in my home user, but always request me for my password.
> 
> You have to put the *right form* of the hostname in the .rhosts file.
> The easiest way to learn what the right form is, is to telnet from the
> source box into the destination box and then use "who" to see what the
> destination box thinks the source box is named.
> 
> E.g., I can rsh from "jekyll.local" to "dwarf.local".  My ~/.rhosts
> file has this line:
> 
>   jekyll.local greg
> 
> If you aren't using fully qualified hostnames in your /etc/hosts files,
> you're in for a world of hurt.
> 
>   127.0.0.1               localhost
>   192.168.2.2             jekyll.local    jekyll hyde.local hyde
>   192.168.2.1             dwarf.local     dwarf phoenix.local phoenix
>   192.168.2.3             fishy.local     fishy
> 
 
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