> The machine is noton the internet, it is in a private network. I am aware
> of the painfully insecure craptitude of rsh, but in this situation it is
> not my cocern.
cool, I just
> > otherwise, you can just add hostnames to /etc/rhosts.equiv (IIRC) or
> > ~/.rhosts (to allow access specifically from that user on remote
> > machines).
>
> I tried having a hosts.equiv, but when I give it + + (For all machines all
> users) it doesn't regognize the machines because apparently it generates
> the allowable hosts and users from some file that isn't available for our
> particular nis/nfs wackieness.
>
it may need to be able to do reverse lookups, are all machines in
/etc/hosts and/or set up for reverse DNS on your nameserver (if one
exists)?
-Justin
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