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From: tekbspa!tss!joe@uunet.uu.net (Joe Michel-Angelo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: /etc/hosts.equiv file
Keywords: Networks
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Date: 19 Nov 89 21:54:25 GMT
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In article <3006@brazos.Rice.edu>, by rd@chorus.fr (Roland Dirlewanger):
> replace all your current /etc/hosts.equiv with one containing the line :
> 
> 	+@trustedhosts

Don't forget that /etc/hosts.equiv is also used by /usr/lib/lpd to
"verify" that a remote machine can print to the local host (atleast in
3.x). Sigh. You could try a binary editor on /usr/lib/lpd and change
/etc/hosts.equiv to /etc/hosts.lpdiv or whatever if you are worried about
security. This new file could contain a netgroup of +@allhosts; however, I
find that netgroup/YP is too limited and LARGE sites can't take advantage
of this feature as YP will puke on the large strings that are generated.