minix man page for rhosts

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.

       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)

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