[Gllug] rlogin argument

[Bruce Richardson]

On 9/19/01, 11:46:41 AM, Jonathan Dye 
<jonathan.dye at automationpartnership.com> wrote regarding Re: [Gllug] rlogin 
argument:


> Rlogin allows you to login to the remote machine without a password if 
the
> user has set up a .rlogin file in their home directory.

It also allows in anyone from a host listed in /etc/hosts-equiv

Rlogin is an evil security risk.  Use ssh instead.  You can also use ssh 
to execude commands remotely.

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Bruce

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