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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: rlogin for root oddness
Date: 23 Oct 1996 12:06:40 +0100
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In article <54j07m$bav@news.ox.ac.uk>,
	Neil Long <neil.long@materials.oxford.ac.uk> writes:
: Hi
: Has anyone found that root cannot rlogin to a FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE system
: but can to a FreeBSD 2.2-961014-SNAP system.
: 
: I have checked and re-checked the ~root/.rhosts files for syntax,
: permissions, location, etc.

Works ok for me !  Is your /root/.rhosts owned by root and only writable
by its owner ?

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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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