Re: Need help with .rhosts file

From: Dave Hinz (davehinz_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 09/13/03 

Date: 13 Sep 2003 18:59:18 GMT

On 13 Sep 2003 07:16:43 -0700, Achraf <achraf123@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> please help me with this!!
> I want to configure few machines so that they can run remote commands
> without having to login (commands like rcp...)

If you're going to set up your systems to do this, if you care at all
about security, please consider using ssh to do this instead. ssh,
scp, etc. are a lot more secure then the "r" commands.

So, for instance, you can copy:
scp /dir/file.ext host:/dir/

As that, you'll be prompted for your password. If you generate your
ssl key, you can have it automatically connect, and in a secure manner.

> Can someone help me with a description of what I exactly need to do to
> make this work.

Exact steps can be found in the documentation - check sunfreeware.com
and download the openssl and ssh packages.

Dave Hinz

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