Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!uunet!fub!opal!fauern!NewsServ!bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de!k2 From: k2@bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Klaus Steinberger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips Subject: Re: Problem with rlogin when resolv.conf is setup Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 91 08:36:43 GMT References: <185@vega.iii.com> Distribution: usa Organization: The Internet Lines: 41 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 suppose, you have entered in hosts.equiv only the short names. If you use the nameserver, you will get the fully qualified domain name back from gethostbyaddr calls (the hostname with the domain appened). So you must also enter those FQDN's in hosts.equiv, or .rhosts. Sincerely, Klaus Steinberger -- Klaus Steinberger Beschleunigerlabor der TU und LMU Muenchen Phone: (+49 89)3209 4287 Hochschulgelaende FAX: (+49 89)3209 4280 D-8046 Garching, Germany BITNET: K2@DGABLG5P Internet: k2@bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de