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rhosts(5)							     rhosts(5)

Name
       rhosts - list of hosts that are logically equivalent to the local host

Syntax
       /$HOME/.rhosts

Description
       The  file  allows a user who has an account on the local host to log in
       from a remote host without supplying a password.	 It also allows remote
       copies to the local host.

       If  the	file  exists, it is located in a user's home directory.	 It is
       not a mandatory file, however.

       The format of a file entry is:
       hostname [username]
       The hostname is the name of the remote host from which the  user	 wants
       to  log	into the local host.  The username is the user's login name on
       the remote host.	 If you do not specify a user name, the user must have
       the same login name on both the remote and local hosts.

       The host names listed in the file may optionally contain the local BIND
       domain name.  For more information  on  BIND,  see  the	Guide  to  the
       BIND/Hesiod Service.

       If  a user is logged in to and wants to log in to a host called without
       supplying a password, she must:

       ·    Have an account on

       ·    Create a file in her home directory on

       ·    Specify host1 ginger as an entry in the file.
	    If has the same login on both and she can simply specify host1  in
	    her	 entry.	 You can allow the superuser of a remote system to log
	    in to your system without password protection or perform a	remote
	    copy  by  having a file in the root ( / ) directory, but it is not
	    recommended.
	    In addition to having a file, the superuser needs a terminal entry
	    in the file for each pseudoterminal configured in the system.  The
	    secure entry looks similar to the following:
	    ttyp3      none    network	       secure
	    See the reference page for more information.

Examples
       The following is a sample file for the user It is located in  her  home
       directory  on  She  also has accounts on the hosts called and Her login
       name on and is the same as on but her login on is

       To enable to log in to from and without supplying a  password,  her  on
       should contain the following entries:
       machine1
       system1	gordon
       host3

See Also
       hosts.equiv(5), ttys(5)
       Introduction to Networking and Distributed System Services

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