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