Subject: bin/1239: rlogind doesn't pay any attention to .rhosts
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Neil J. McRae <neil@demon.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/18/1995 12:28:45
>Number: 1239
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: rsh rcp use .rhosts rlogin does not.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Jul 18 07:35:01 1995
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Neil J. McRae
>Organization:
Neil J. McRae. Demon Internet
neil@demon.net
>Release: 12/07/95
>Environment:
>Description:
rlogind ignores entries in .rhosts, This means that you cannot rlogin to
the machine. Without typing a password.
>How-To-Repeat:
Add a hostname to root's .rhosts and try and login to that host.
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
System: NetBSD NetBSD.demon.co.uk 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (NETBSD) #0: Thu Jul 13 21:06:26 BST 1995 neil@netbsd.demon.co.uk:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/NETBSD sparc