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Date:      Thu, 4 Jul 2002 14:28:44 +1000 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@clari.net.au>
To:        Roberto Nunnari <nunnari@die.supsi.ch>
Cc:        Ken Ryan <ryuken75@m-net.arbornet.org>, <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: How can I use "root" as a telnet account?
Message-ID:  <20020704142548.Q27367-100000@neon.clari.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <1025736552.3d237f68b4544@mail.die.supsi.ch>

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On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Roberto Nunnari wrote:

> I believe that .rhosts is used for rsh
> secure on ttys is for single mode console login.
> regards

You can make network terminals secure as well as console and dialup
terminals by adding 'secure' to the appropriate line in ttys.
hosts.equiv provides rsh passwordless login for all users EXCEPT root.
Yes, .rhosts is used for rsh and works for all users including root.

Cheers

Danny



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