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From: rd@chorus.fr (Roland Dirlewanger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: /etc/hosts.equiv file
Keywords: Networks
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Date: 14 Nov 89 11:25:19 GMT
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In `comp.sys.sun' (message #6183) John_Stewart@CARLETON.CA wrote:
> 
> I would be interested in hearing (by mail) what other people are doing to
> maintain their /etc/hosts.equiv files.  If I get any particularily
> inspiring responses, I will summarize and post to sun-spots.

The way I did it is to define a netgroup for all the trusted machines.
The /etc/netgroup is maintained by the Yellow Pages, so every time you
install a new host, you just need to modify one file.  You just have to
replace all your current /etc/hosts.equiv with one containing the line :

	+@trustedhosts