On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, m* wrote: > Syd Alsobrook wrote: > > > > Help, > > What do I need to do to get rsh to work without passwords on a > > closed network? > > see "man rhosts". > > m*
also see ssh - just because your network is 'closed' is no reason to take risks....one day your network may be open to the internet and then you'll have to change dozens of scripts to convert them to ssh. much better (and safer) to start using ssh from day 1. installing ssh is trivially easy - just install the .deb package. once it's installed, using it is as simple as typing 'ssh' instead of 'rsh'. ssh is available from the non-US/ directory on debian ftp servers in the free world. once you've got ssh installed, you'll need to create .shosts files (similar to rsh's .rhosts files, but for secure shell). the format is simple: "hostname loginname". see the man pages for ssh, shosts, rsh, rhosts and other docs in /usr/doc/ssh. Read them thoroughly *before* playing with this - it's easy to mess up system security wrong if you neglect to RTFM. craig -- craig sanders networking consultant Available for casual or contract temporary autonomous zone system administration tasks. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
