osf1 man page for ruserok

Query: ruserok

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ruserok(3)						     Library Functions Manual							ruserok(3)

NAME
ruserok - Allows servers to authenticate clients
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc.a)
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> int ruserok ( char *host, int root_user, char *remote_user, char *local_user );
PARAMETERS
Specifies the name of a remote host. Specifies a value to indicate whether the effective user ID of the calling process is that of a root user. A value of 0 (zero) indicates the process does not have a root user ID. A value of 1 indicates that the process has local root user privileges, and the /etc/host.equiv file is not checked. Points to a username that is valid at the remote host. Any valid username can be specified. Points to a username that is valid at the local host. Any valid username can be specified.
DESCRIPTION
The ruserok() (remote command user OK) function allows servers to authenticate clients requesting services. The hostname must be specified. If the local domain and remote domain are the same, specifying the domain parts is optional. To determine the domain of the host, use the gethostname() function. The ruserok() function checks for this host in the /etc/host.equiv file. Then, if necessary, the subroutine checks a file in the user's home directory at the server called $HOME/.rhosts for a host and remote user ID.
RETURN VALUES
The ruserok() function returns 0 (zero) if the subroutine successfully locates the name specified by the host parameter in the /etc/hosts.equiv file or if the IDs specified by the host and remote_user parameters are found in the $HOME/.rhosts file. If the name specified by the host parameter was not found, the ruserok() function returns a value of -1.
FILES
Contains service names. Specifies foreign hostnames. Specifies the remote users of a local user account.
RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: gethostname(2), rcmd(3), rresvport(3), sethostname(2) Commands: rlogind(8), rshd(8) delim off ruserok(3)
Related Man Pages
rcmd(3) - linux
rresvport(3) - redhat
ruserok(3) - redhat
rhosts(5) - netbsd
hosts.equiv(5) - netbsd
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