From fc22b3d6507c6745911b9dfcc68f1e665ae13dbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:43:11 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 4.22.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- upstream/debian-bookworm/man5/rhosts.5 | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 upstream/debian-bookworm/man5/rhosts.5 (limited to 'upstream/debian-bookworm/man5/rhosts.5') diff --git a/upstream/debian-bookworm/man5/rhosts.5 b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man5/rhosts.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4edddc99 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man5/rhosts.5 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +.Dd Sun, 13 Apr 2003 00:24:32 +0200 +.Dt RHOSTS 5 +.Sh NAME +.Nm rhosts +.Nd allow +.Nm rlogin , +.Nm rsh +and +.Nm rcp +connections to the local machine without a password. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Pa $HOME/.rhosts +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Pa .rhosts +file can allow specific remote users and/or hosts to execute commands on the local machine. +The file uses the following format: +.Pp +.D1 Ar host Op Ar user Li | Li @ Ns Ar group +.Pp +Such an entry grants password-free access for the user with +the login name +.Ar user +from +.Ar host . +If no +.Ar 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 +.Ar group +by an @ sign. +.Pp +The +.Pa .rhosts +file must be owned by the user or root, and writable only by the owner. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr rsh 1 , +.Xr rlogin 1 , +.Xr rcp 1 . -- cgit v1.2.3