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From: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: rlogin over trusted hosts...
Message-ID: <5788@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 17 Oct 88 10:12:44 GMT
References: <3043@mipos3.intel.com> <14006@mimsy.UUCP>
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In-reply-to: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)

In article <14006@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy (Chris Torek) writes:
>If you use hosts.equiv as it is intended, none.

There is one other use for older 4.2 BSD systems: access to printers.

That is, if you want to spool to a printer that is connected to a
machine you do not trust, you have a slight problem.

Older versions of lpd look at /etc/hosts.equiv to determine
access privileges. Therefore on the surface printer access implies
rlogin access. Newer systems (4.3bsd, SunOS 4.0, Ultrix 2.0)
have /etc/hosts.lpd in addition to hosts.equiv.

If you have an older version, you can use emacs to edit /usr/lib/lpd,
changing /etc/hosts.equiv to /etc/hosts.print.

Question:

	What is a minimmum password file?

I have in the past created a stripped down password file for
a workstation I want increased security on.

Can a password file be reduced to two users, root and myself? Three? Four?
-- 
	Bruce Barnett	uunet!steinmetz!barnett