Hi,

What would happen if i write a host name (not any user) in .rhosts
file? Does all the user get access to my system from that host or only
root from that system gets the access to my system?

Thanks

script4geek <script4geek@gmail.com> writes:

>What would happen if i write a host name (not any user) in .rhosts
>file? Does all the user get access to my system from that host or only
>root from that system gets the access to my system?

Just the hostname equals to granting access to the user with the same
name on the remote host (so root for /.rhosts and user for ~user/.rhosts)

So just a list of hostnames is just "fine" (except that you really ought to
be using ssh)

Casper
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Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@sun.com> wrote:

> (except that you really ought to be using ssh)

mostly yes, but the ssh documentation ist not complete e.g. for cases
like:
I have to copy lots of data to another host, and i want
the login encrypted, but I do not want the volume data
encrypted (like for backup and restore).

Regards
Andreas