LOGIN WITHOUT PASSWORD

[avm]

Hi friends,

I want to get a clear picture of hosts.equiv
and rhosts
i ahve put host name username in hosts.equiv
but still it is asking for password
its like this
HOST root
Is any thing else is required with which i can login in to the second system with root rights
with out knowing the passwd
because very frequently they will change the password


thanks in advance
avm

[Rob Smith · Accepted solution]

Hi, put + root in your .rhosts file and you should have no problem. Hope this helps.

Rob

[James R. Ferguson]

HI:

Make sure your hostname is a fully-qualified domain name.

...JRF...

[Douglas Cromby_1]

Using hosts.equiv does not work with root. I think that it is a safety feature. If you want to have root capabilities on another server, you will have to add a .rhosts file for the root user of the other server.

[John Bolene]

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[Rob Smith]

John,

Good call I think more people need to do what you just did, I know I will from now on.

Regards,
Rob

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

Check $HOME/.rhosts,/etc/hosts,/etc/hosts.equiv,/var/adm/inetd.sec.

[avm]

Hai friends,

Thanks for the val. informations provided by u all