Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!netsys!lll-winken!csustan!shark From: shark@csustan.UUCP (Chris Rhodes) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: rlogin - how's it work? Message-ID: <1151@csustan.UUCP> Date: 3 Jul 88 09:10:14 GMT Reply-To: shark@csustan.UUCP (Chris Rhodes) Organization: CSU, Stanislaus; Turlock, California Lines: 22 Okay, before my rather naive question, a qualifier: I've only been able to use rlogin on a system where 'localhost' was the only choice, or where I have had no accounts on any of the adjacent hosts... Anyway, how does rlogin get away with logging you in on another system without going through the password prompting? What exactly is the program run on the remote host - login, or a replacement? Am I correct in guessing that the remote host reads your .rhosts file? And (this really is a theoretical question as I have no desire to do this) wouldn't getting into your friend "larry"'s account on an adjacent host without having to supply the password be as easy as asking the administrator of your system to change your login name to "larry" and then rlogin'ing? Thanks. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = D. Chris Rhodes uucp: ...lll-crg!csuh!shark or lll-crg!csustan!shark = = Tiburon Systems Unix and MS-DOS Applications, for now..... = = (Ubiquitous Disclaimer and Humorous Saying Goes Here.) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =