/* Cc'd to the Digital contact given in the vendor-contacts FAQ */ /* Please take care with the replies */ In message <9503061909.AA10334@brittany.oes.amdahl.com>, patrick@oes.amdahl.com (Patrick Horgan) writes: > The syntax of the /etc/hosts.equiv and .rhosts doesn't have a comment. > If you put something in there it's assumed to mean something. > Administrators need to know the syntax of the files they deal with. Vendors also. For instance: usenet@phoenix % more /.rhosts.orig # @(#).rhosts 8.1 Ultrix 9/18/92 Ultrix 4.4, for reference. Chris P.S. IMHO Sun should have thought about this when they wrote the code to parse the files.. :-) -- Christopher Samuel Open Software Systems Group chris@rivers.dra.hmg.gb N-115, Defence Research Agency, St Andrews Road, Great Malvern, England, UK "To no man will we sell, or delay, or deny, right or justice" -- Magna Carta