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- From: lopez@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Chris &)
- Subject: Re: AIX 3.1.5 hosts.equiv/.rhosts
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 19:58:38 GMT
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- csh@lanl.gov (Charles S. Henkel) writes:
- : If having problems with rlogin to an rs/6000, make sure your .rhosts
- : file contains the hostname that the rs/6000 *thinks* you're coming from.
- : Get this by rlogging in with password, then doing a "last" command.
- :
- : Also make sure .rhosts is chmod 600.
- :
- : _C
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-
- This sounds like extremely BAD advice to me. Your host machines appearing
- in .rhosts should in no way alter your ability to rlogin. It will only
- change whether or not you need to enter your password. Having unneeded
- rhost entries is a good way to allow a hacker to compromise many of your
- machines if they get into any single one of them.
-
-
- Not having seen your original post --
-
- Can you ping the machine? Can you telnet to the machine?
- Can the RS6000 ping you? Can it telnet to you?
- Are the necessary daemons running on the RS6000?
- Is maxlogins in /etc/security/login.cfg set at a reasonable level?
-
-
- Chris Lopez
- Northwestern University
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