/etc/hosts.equiv verses $HOME/.rhosts
Jerry Waldorf
waldorf at venice.SEDD.TRW.COM
Fri Aug 24 04:12:29 AEST 1990
I am running on a lan of HP 9000/300's and want to do some remshs and
some rcps. The manual says that using $HOME/.rhosts is very dangerous for
security reasons, but doesn't seem to mention any problems with using
/etc/hosts.equiv. Could some kind sole tell me why using $HOME/.rhosts
is unsafe and why /etc/hosts.equiv is safe?
Thanks,
Jerry.
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