NAME

rhosts − host and user names for shared accounts

DESCRIPTION

The rhosts file contains information on users and hosts sharing account access permission.  The .rhosts file is in the home directory of the user granting access permission.  Each line in this file lists the names of the remote host from which the user can access the system and the name of the user.  A user could allow the following users on the remote system "alaska" to access to local system through his or her account:

alaska   joe
alaska   samantha
alaska   xerxes

FILES

~/.rhosts

Version 2.4  —  May 08, 1986