From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Aug 28 8:40: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D181837B424 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id IAA66869; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:40:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200008281540.IAA66869@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Jim Pirzyk Subject: Re: conf/20847: root login from trusted hosts Reply-To: Jim Pirzyk Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR conf/20847; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jim Pirzyk To: Sheldon Hearn , Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/20847: root login from trusted hosts Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:36:39 -0700 On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:28:32 MST, Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com wrote: > > > Have host A and B. Be root on A and have A in B's /root/.rhosts > > file. Then rsh B and see if you get in. > > Isn't that the whole point of /root/.rhosts? It sounds like you're > describing the intended use of the file. > > What am I missing here? :-) But in the ttys(5) man page, that should override the /root/.rhosts file and it does in FBSD-3.4R (that I can test it on). The /root/.rhosts allows stuff like rsh B date but without the 'secure' line in the ttys file, rlogin B should not work. yes it is a very subtle differentation. Thanks - JimP > > Ciao, > Sheldon. -- --- @(#) $Id: dot.signature,v 1.9 2000/07/10 16:43:05 pirzyk Exp $ __o Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com ------------------------------------- _'\<,_ Senior Systems Engineer, Walt Disney Feature Animation (*)/ (*) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message