# rhosts(5)

    NAME
         rhosts, hosts.equiv - trusted remote users or hosts

    SYNOPSIS
         ~user/.rhosts
         /etc/hosts.equiv

    DESCRIPTION
         The per user .rhosts and the per system hosts.equiv files can be used  to
         allow  users  to  use rlogin or rsh without a password.  The remote login
         services first check the system wide /etc/hosts.equiv file and  then  the
         ~user/.rhosts  of  the intended user.  Both files contain lines of one of
         two forms:

              host
              host ruser

         The first form tells that any user from host is allowed to login to  this
         system  under  the  same name.  The second form allows ruser from host to
         login.

         Under Minix host may be a pattern using * as a  wildcard.   One  can  use
         this,  carefully one may hope, to allow an entire domain to log in.  Host
         may also be an IP address, or a network specification in CIDR form,  e.g.
         172.16.102.64/27.

    SEE ALSO
         rlogin(1), rsh(1).

    NOTES
         Minix has no restrictions on becoming super-user remotely.  Other systems
         usually require one to log in as a user and then use su to become root.

         You must use fully qualified hostnames, it is not possible  to  omit  the
         domain part.

    AUTHOR
         Kees J. Bot <kjb@cs.vu.nl>