03-27-2009
Stage 1: Basic check.
First check that you have a normal localhost entry in your hosts file similar to this.
127.0.0.1 localhost loopback
Try remsh to localhost - you should get prompted for a password.
remsh localhost
Add localhost to root's .rhosts file.
localhost root
Try remsh to localhost - you should not get prompted for a password.
remsh localhost
Now REMOVE the localhost entry from .rhosts - it's a security hole.
Stage 2: First get remsh working within each computer such that you can remsh to yourself. This involves putting your local machine's host name in the local machine's .rhosts file and ensuring that the name agrees with the host's name in the local hosts file.
Stage 3: Assuming that both computers agree on the name for each other (nslookup computername) then transcribe the .rhosts entry to the opposing machine.
As previously advised the permissions on a .rhosts file are critical and the file will be ignored if they are wrong.
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netrc(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual netrc(4)
NAME
netrc: .netrc - login information for ftp, rexec, and rexec()
DESCRIPTION
The file contains login and initialization information used by the autologin process, by the library routine, and by the command (see
ftp(1), rexec(3N), and remsh(1)), respectively. This file is optional. It exists, if at all, in the user's home directory.
If the file contains password or account information for use other than for anonymous its owner must match the effective user ID of the
current process. Its read, write, and execute mode bits for group and other must all be zero, and it must be readable by its owner. Oth-
erwise, the file is ignored.
The file can contain the following tokens, separated by whitespace (spaces, tabs, or newlines) or commas To include a comma as part of a
token, enclose that token in quotation marks ().
Identify a remote machine name.
The autologin process searches the file for a token that matches the remote machine specified on the command line, as
an command argument, or as the parameter of Once a match is made, the subsequent tokens are processed, stopping when
the end-of-file is reached or another token or a token is encountered.
If the remote machine name has an alias host name, and both the official host name and the alias are present in the
file, the client gives precedence to the official host name over the alias when searching the file. If an alias is
given as an entry to the command, and in the search from the top of the file to the bottom, the client finds the alias
host name before it finds the official host name, it will use the alias's entry. However, if it finds the official
host name first, it will use the official entry even though the alias host name also exists in the file. So the high
precedence given to the official host name requires placing the official host name entry last in the file for when
aliases exist.
Same as except that matches any name. There can be only one token, and it must be after all tokens. This is normally used for
as follows:
This provides automatic anonymous login to machines not specified in This can be overridden in by using the flag to
disable autologin.
Identify a user on the remote machine.
If this token is present, the or autologin process initiates a login using the specified name. If this token matches
the user name used by the command option, or, by default, the local user name, uses the token, if present.
Supply a password. If this token is present, the autologin process supplies the specified string, if the remote server requires a password
as part of the login process. Note that if this token is present in the file for any user other than aborts the
autologin process if the is readable by anyone other than the owner. Also note that the passwords in are not
encrypted.
Supply an additional account password for
login. If this token is present, the autologin process supplies the specified string if the remote server requires an
additional account password, or the autologin process initiates an command if it does not.
Define an macro. This token is just like the command. A macro is defined with the specified name; its contents begin with the
next line and continue until an empty line (consecutive newline characters) is encountered. If a macro named is
defined, it is automatically executed as the last step in the autologin process.
EXAMPLES
The following is a valid entry for the host whose account has the password
WARNINGS
It is a security risk to have unencrypted passwords in a file.
AUTHOR
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
FILES
SEE ALSO
ftp(1), remsh(1), rexec(3N).
netrc(4)