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From: houman@mips2.cr.bull.com (Houman Shafiezadeh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Re: Problem with rlogin when resolv.conf is setup
Keywords: rlogin, bind
Message-ID: <1991Feb6.150312.17513@mips2.cr.bull.com>
Date: 6 Feb 91 15:03:12 GMT
References: <185@vega.iii.com>
Sender: @mips2.cr.bull.com
Reply-To: houman@mips2.cr.bull.com (Houman Shafiezadeh)
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Organization: Bull Worldwide Information Systems  (Billerica, MA)
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In article <185@vega.iii.com>, danny@vega.iii.com (danny) writes:
|> I have a problem with rlogin when using resolv.conf to point to a primary 
|> server.
|> 
|> If I don't use any named stuff (ie use /etc/hosts file )
|> I can rlogin to and from  my MIPS machine running os4.51 as
|> myself (I have account on them) without getting ask for a password.
|> 
|> Now If I set up resolv.conf to point to my primary server, without named
|> running, ie. as a client server that makes rlogin asking me for a 
|> password before I can login.
|> 
|> Question :
|> does rlogin skip /etc/host.equiv and .rhosts file when the resolv.conf
|> is setup?  Is there something I need to setup as the primary server to
|> make rlogin work without asking for a passwd?
|> 
|> I am currenty running MIPS os4.51 and my primary server is running Ultrix 4.0
|> 
|> Thanks in advance.
|> Danny

Try including the domainnames  in your .rhosts file.
eg.
london.bull.com  houman        instead of just            london    houman
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