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From: mcneill@eplrx7.UUCP (mcneill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Anyway to allow remote Tape access (for backup) without allowing rlogin
Message-ID: <498@eplrx7.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jul 89 14:01:29 GMT
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We have an exabyte 8mm tape system on a sun 3/160.  We use this machine to
backup all the machines in the building over night.  Some of the machines
are not under my administative control.  I want the untrusted hosts to be
able to use the tape drive but I don't want them to have rlogin access.  My
backup script (running on the tape server) does something like this:

rsh notmine "dump 0uf tapeserver:/dev/nrst9"

This uses rmt which uses /etc/hosts.equiv & /.rhosts for access (which is 
what rlogin & rsh use).  Is there another way to allow tape access without 
allowing rlogin access?

Keith

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