Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 15:10:11 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jeremy Sigmon <jsigmon@www.hsc.wvu.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Does RSH ignore ttys if .rhost present? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961115150858.3809A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961115110059.4790B-100000@www.hsc.wvu.edu>
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On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Jeremy Sigmon wrote: > I thought that if a .rhosts file was present then the ttys file > was ignored. I have a .rhosts file in ~root , but I cannot rsh > to it. Works fine with non root. If it does not ignore ttys does > anyone know how to get it to do so if one exists? > thanks Somebody correct me on this, but doesn't this allow the root user on the remote machine to gain root access to your machine? That doesn't sound like a great idea. What program are you trying to run though rsh? Remember it actually logs in as root, so if the port isn't secure then it won't be permitted. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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