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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 14:54:58 +0200
From: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: jose.monteiro@co.telenet.pt
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Rlogin from win95 to FreeBSD
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On Jun 24, Jose Monteiro <jose.monteiro@co.telenet.pt> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a problem with rlogin.

This is not appropriate for the -hackers list, I have
redirected the CC: to -questions for that reason.

> I want to be able to login from Win95 to a FreeBSD box, without using
> password, so, I've made the necessary arrangements in $HOME/.rhosts
> like this:
> 
> bsd.host.i.want username

Please make this:

Win95.Host	username

> but when i use a Rlogin client (crt) to login, it always ask me for
> the password.

and make sure, that the rlogin client actually uses 
that "username" as the name of the **requesting** user!

You should also make sure, that the .rhosts file 
has been protected against access by anybody except
yourself, i.e. perform a "chmod 600 ~/.rhosts" ...

Regards, STefan