rhosts(4N)                                             rhosts(4N)



NAME
     rhosts - trusted hosts file format

DESCRIPTION
     The login directory for each user can contain a .rhosts file
     that  enumerates  remote  hosts  having  equivalent  account
     names.  (The hosts names  must  be  the  standard  names  as
     described in remsh(1N)).

     Each line in this file should contain a rhost and a username
     separated by a space, allowing additional cases where logins
     without passwords are to be permitted.

     When you rlogin as the same user on an equivalent host,  you
     don't need to give a password.

     To avoid security problems, the .rhosts file must  be  owned
     by  either the remote user or root.  Note that, for security
     reasons, root is an exception to the above; a  superuser  on
     an  equivalent  host  must  still  supply  the  password  to
     remotely login as root unless the root account has  its  own
     private  equivalence  list  in  a  file  .rhosts in the root
     directory.  Note that a .rhosts file for the root account is
     not recommended where secure systems are required.

     Your remote terminal type is the same as your local terminal
     type  (as  given  in  your  environment TERM variable).  See
     rlogin(1N) for other details concerning the line  discipline
     and escape characters.

FILES
     /home-directory/.rhosts
          File containing list of remote hosts

SEE ALSO
     remsh(1N), rlogin(1N)



















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