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2 total messages Started by M.F.D'Souza Mon, 03 Aug 1992 14:29

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Author: M.F.D'Souza
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 14:29

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Hey guys, 

We've got problem with out rhosts files for root.
We are using NIS on our suns and want the Next machine to allow a certain
sun as root. However even if we have +@name_of_sun root in /.rhosts (which
is roots login directory / - i mean), when logging in from the respective sun
it still prompts us for a password!!

Anyone had any similar experiences with this. ??
P.S. When I mean logging in I mean via a rsh or rlogin.


Any help would be appreciated.
Mitch

Re: rhosts

#667

Author: David Lemson
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 19:05

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In article <1407@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> mfd1@ukc.ac.uk (M.F.D'Souza) writes:
> 
> Hey guys, 
> 
> We've got problem with out rhosts files for root.
> We are using NIS on our suns and want the Next machine to allow a  
certain
> sun as root. However even if we have +@name_of_sun root in /.rhosts  
(which
> is roots login directory / - i mean), when logging in from the  
respective sun
> it still prompts us for a password!!
> 
> Anyone had any similar experiences with this. ??
> P.S. When I mean logging in I mean via a rsh or rlogin.
Yes, I have noticed that this is at best flaky.  It seems that sometimes,  
you need to have the whole FQDN in the .rhosts file, the 'hostname' won't  
do.  Has anyone nailed down this bug?

As long as we're talking about root, make sure you realize that in  
/etc/ttytab you have to put a 'secure' flag on each line in which you want  
someone to be able to log in as 'root'...that's what causes the "root  
login refused on this terminal." message.

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David Lemson                                           (312) 732-4741
FNBC Sys Admin (Summer) UIUC NeXT Campus Consultant(rest of the time)
E-mail to: lemson@fnbc.com                          NeXTMail accepted

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