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Re: why does rsh -l ignore .rhosts?

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Subject	Re: why does rsh -l ignore .rhosts?
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On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:41:45 +0000, Ralph wrote in
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> My question Why is it that when you do rsh -l (to specify a different
> username than the current one) Why does it ignore .rhosts?
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Others have given preferred solutions, but to answer your question 
simply, ~/.rhosts must be chmod 600 to be trusted.

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why does rsh -l ignore .rhosts? "Ralph" <ralphzodapn@ymeal.com> - 2012-06-05 11:41 +0000
  Re: why does rsh -l ignore .rhosts? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2012-06-05 21:57 +0100
    Re: why does rsh -l ignore .rhosts? "Ralph" <ralphzodapn@ymeal.com> - 2012-06-06 19:39 +0000
      Re: why does rsh -l ignore .rhosts? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-06-07 08:03 +0000
      Re: why does rsh -l ignore .rhosts? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2012-06-07 10:21 +0100
  Re: why does rsh -l ignore .rhosts? MJ <me@invalid.org> - 2012-06-17 04:00 +0000

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