RHOSTS(5)

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.

The .rhosts file is checked to be owned by user or root, and only its owner may be able to write it.

SEE ALSO
rlogin(1), rsh(1).

NOTES
Minix has no restrictions on becoming super-user remotely. Other systems usually do.

AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)