NAME

hosts.equiv − host names 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

SEE ALSO

hosts(4), rhosts(4)

FILES

/etc/hosts.equiv

Version 2.4  —  September 29, 2021