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RHOSTS(5)                     File Formats Manual                    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.

       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 network 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>

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