Remsh

[Nantambu Starks_1]

Does a user need an account on a remote machine to be able to rlogin and/or remsh to it without having to provide a password?

Any assistance/guidance on this would be appreciated.

[Keith Bryson]

Yes and a .rhosts file in their home directory.

Keith

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Or a /etc/hosts.equiv file instead of a .rhosts file.


Pete

[Keith Bryson]

You can also use hosts.equiv (on the remote system) to define equivalent users' access to the remote system.

Keith

[Keith Bryson]

Sorry Pete, there's an echo in here!!

Keith

[Nantambu Starks_1]

So, whether I use .rhost or hosts.equiv, I definitely have to have a user account on the remote machine?

[Nantambu Starks_1]

The answers that were given solved my problem