[buug] rlogin

Aaron T Porter atporter at primate.net
Thu Nov 21 15:37:03 PST 2002


On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 01:02:32PM -0800, allen shao wrote:
> i know that it is not recommanded, but i just want to
> try it. i created /etc/hosts.equiv and $HOME/.rhosts
> on my solaris, and tried to rlogin from another linux
> machine by an account on both of them, it still asked
> for passwd.

	rlogin is a very bad idea for a number of reasons. Look into ssh
with an authorized_hosts file as a transparent alternative.



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