NAME

       rhosts — allow rlogin, rsh and rcp connections to the local machine without a password.

SYNOPSIS

       $HOME/.rhosts

DESCRIPTION

       The  .rhosts  file can allow specific remote users and/or hosts to execute commands on the local machine.
       The file uses the following format:

             host [user | @group]

       Such an entry grants password-free access for the user with the login name user from host.  If no user is
       specified, the user must have the same login name on the remote host and the local  host.   For  security
       reasons  you  should  always  use  the FQDN of the hostname and not the short hostname.  Netgroups can be
       specified by preceding the group by an @ sign.

       The .rhosts file must be owned by the user or root, and writable only by the owner.

SEE ALSO

       rsh(1), rlogin(1), rcp(1).

                                         Sun, 13 Apr 2003 00:24:32 +0200                               RHOSTS(5)