login prompt problem

[sudhir_3]

Dear admins
I am supporting C360 class of hp workstatoins using hp-ux 10.20.
It has been observed that users are not getting login prompt when they open new window through tool bar or third mouse button . They get loging prompt only after pressing the ctrl + c .
Second observation is that when superuser ( root login) logins and opens new window , login prompt comes automatically ( it is not reqd to press Ctrl + C).
Also while user telnets from one workstation ( say hpws5) to another workstation ( say cme1) login prompt does not appear even after pressing Ctrl + C though it shows that user has logged on workstation cme1. Here it is to be noted that this user has home directory on workstation from where he is telnetting ( i.e. in this case hpws5) and which is mounted on cme1 using automounter . On the contrary when another user telnets from another workstation (say hpws8 , where he has his home directory and which is mounted on cme1 using automounter) to the same workstation(cme1) he gets login prompt.

Please help
Thanks in advance & awaiting your kind co-operation.
sudhir

[Jeffrey S. Sims]

I am not sure if I understand what you are asking. But I believe that hosts.allow will allow users to login without having to actually login based on the host they are coming from.

Hope this helps.

[Jeffrey S. Sims]

Correction to my last post. It should be hosts.equiv or .rhosts that needs to be checked.

Sorry about that.

[Jeffrey S. Sims]

hosts.equiv(4) hosts.equiv(4)

NAME
hosts.equiv, .rhosts - security files authorizing access by remote
hosts and users on local host

DESCRIPTION
The /etc/hosts.equiv file and files named .rhosts found in users' home
directories specify remote hosts and users that are "equivalent" to
the local host or user. Users from equivalent remote hosts are
permitted to access a local account using rcp or remsh or to rlogin to
the local account without supplying a password (see rcp(1), remsh(1),
and rlogin(1)). The security provided by hosts.equiv is implemented
by the ruserok() library routine, (see rcmd(3N)).