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From: smace@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Mace)
Subject: How to setup .rhosts file so that root can rsh
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Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 02:18:31 GMT
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How do you setup the .rhosts /etc/hosts.equiv , etc. so that root
on one machine can rsh [command] without a password.  also this
is needed for rcp.  All I get is permission denied.
I tried putting the local and remote machines names in the /.rhosts ~/.rhosts
/etc/host.equiv with no luck.

Scott Mace
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