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32.\" $FreeBSD$
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34.Dd February 11, 1996
35.Dt HOSTS.EQUIV 5
36.Os FreeBSD
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm hosts.equiv ,
39.Nm .rhosts
40.Nd trusted remote host name and user data base
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm hosts.equiv
44and
45.Nm .rhosts
46files contain information regarding
47trusted hosts and users on the network.
48For each host a single line should be present
49with the following information:
50
51simple
52.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
53hostname [username]
54.Ed
55
56or the more verbose
57.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
58[+-][hostname|@netgroup] [[+-][username|@netgroup]]
59.Ed
60.Pp
61A
62.Dq @
63indicates a host by netgroup or user by netgroup. A single
64.Dq +
65matches all hosts or users.  A host name with a leading
66.Dq -
67will reject
68all matching hosts and all their users. A user name with leading
69.Dq -
70will reject all matching users from matching hosts.
71.Pp
72Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
73tab characters.  A
74.Dq #
75indicates the beginning of
76a comment; characters up to the end of the line are
77not interpreted by routines which search the file.
78.Pp
79Host names are specified in the conventional
80.Dq \&.
81(dot) notation using the
82.Xr inet_addr 3
83routine
84from the Internet address manipulation library,
85.Xr inet 3 .
86Host names may contain any printable
87character other than a field delimiter, newline,
88or comment character.
89.Pp
90For security reasons, a user's
91.Nm .rhosts
92file will be ignored if it is not a regular file, or if it
93is not owned by the user, or
94if it is writable by anyone other than the user.
95.Sh EXAMPLES
96.Pp
97.Dl bar.com foo
98.Pp
99Trust user
100.Dq foo
101from host
102.Dq bar.com .
103.Pp
104.Dl +@allclient
105.Pp
106Trust all hosts from netgroup
107.Dq allclient .
108.Pp
109.Dl +@allclient -@dau
110.Pp
111Trust all hosts from netgroup
112.Dq allclient
113and their users
114except users from netgroup
115.Dq dau .
116.Sh FILES
117.Bl -tag -width /etc/hosts.equivxxx -compact
118.It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv
119The
120.Nm hosts.equiv
121file resides in
122.Pa /etc .
123.It Pa $HOME/.rhosts
124.Nm .rhosts
125file resides in
126.Pa $HOME .
127.El
128.Sh SEE ALSO
129.Xr rcp 1 ,
130.Xr rlogin 1 ,
131.Xr rsh 1 ,
132.Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
133.Xr inet 3 ,
134.Xr innetgr 3 ,
135.Xr ruserok 3 ,
136.Xr yp 4 ,
137.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
138.Xr named 8
139.Sh BUGS
140This man page is incomplete. For more information read
141the source in
142.Pa src/lib/libc/net/rcmd.c
143or the SunOS man page.
144