NAME

hosts.equiv − hostnames for shared accounts

DESCRIPTION

The hosts.equiv file contains information on hosts sharing account access permission.  Each line in this file lists the unique name for each host sharing the local host’s account names.  A local system named "alaska" with the hosts file:

192.0.9.5 alaska ak
192.0.9.8 alabama al
192.0.9.2 arkansas ak
127.0.0.0 loopback lb

could have a hosts.equiv file:

loopback
alabama
alaska
arkansas

FILES

/etc/hosts.equiv

Version 2.3  —  July 04, 1985