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Netgroup on SunOS3.5

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From: atul k chhabra
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1989 11:37
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I have problems getting netgroup (Section 5 of the Manual) to work 
on our Sun. We have a standalone Sun3/160 (hostname host1, say)
running SunOS3.5. I tried creating a file /etc/netgroup (on host1)
with the following entry:
    remoteuser (host2,user1,)

Next, I created the file /etc/hosts.equiv (on host1) with the
following entry:
    +@remoteuser

The appropriate entry in /etc/hosts (on host1) is:
    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx	host2.ece.uc.edu	host2

1. The username user1 exists on both host1 and host2. On attempting 
   "rlogin host1" from host2, host1 prompted for a password (it shouldn't
   have, if netgroup was working properly). 
2. On replacing +@remoteuser by host2.ece.uc.edu in hosts.equiv, all 
   users having same usernames on host1 and host2 could execute rlogins 
   from host2 to host1 without being prompted for a password.
3. I even tried entering "remoteuser (host2.ece.uc.edu,user1,)" and
   "remoteuser (host2,user1,ece.uc.edu)" in the file /etc/netgroup, but
   to no avail.

How can I get netgroup working? Please reply by email. Thanks,

Atul

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Subject: Netgroup on SunOS3.5
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