Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:32:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Mike Salmons <salmons@knuth.plaza.ds.adp.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rcp by root Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961029233141.369t-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199610281641.IAA22718@knuth.plaza.ds.adp.com>
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On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Mike Salmons wrote: > I can't setup my system to allow root to rcp from another freebsd system, it > works ok as a user. I have a /.rhosts and a /etc/hosts.equiv file with the > remote system listed. What else am I missing? This is probably a huge security violation since anyone with the root password now has root access your computer too (using rsh & the other r-utilities). 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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