plan9 man page for rhosts

Query: rhosts

OS: plan9

Section: 5

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RHOSTS(5)                                                     BSD File Formats Manual                                                    RHOSTS(5)

NAME
rhosts -- allow rlogin, rsh and rcp connections to the local machine without a password.
SYNOPSIS
$HOME/.rhosts
DESCRIPTION
The .rhosts file can allow specific remote users and/or hosts to execute commands on the local machine. The file uses the following format: host [user | @group] Such an entry grants password-free access for the user with the login name user from host. If no user is specified, the user must have the same login name on the remote host and the local host. For security reasons you should always use the FQDN of the hostname and not the short hostname. Netgroups can be specified by preceeding the group by an @ sign. The .rhosts file must be owned by the user or root, and writable only by the owner.
SEE ALSO
rsh(1), rlogin(1), rcp(1). June 16, 2019
Related Man Pages
rsh(1) - osf1
rcp(1) - osf1
rlogin(1) - osf1
hosts.equiv(4) - osf1
hosts.equiv(5) - redhat
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