hosts.equiv(5) File Formats Manual hosts.equiv(5) (NAME) hosts.equiv - (DESCRIPTION) /etc/hosts.equiv r ( rlogin rsh rcp) . : +|[-]hostname|+@netgroup|-@netgroup [+|[-]username|+@netgroup|-@netgroup] hostname . . hostname ( ) (+) . . (-) hostname . . (FQDN) . username ( root) . . username ( ) (+) . (-) username . . (Netgroups) @ . (+) . . (wildcard) << >> ! (FILES) /etc/hosts.equiv (NOTES) (root) . (hard link) . (PAM) . PAM << >> promiscuous auth PAM ( rlogin) . (EXAMPLES) /etc/hosts.equiv ~/.rhosts . : + host : host : +host . host: host + : . user host : host user host baduser: host -baduser host host: -host : -host -user . netgroup: +@netgroup netgroup: -@netgroup netgroup host : host +@netgroup netgroup baduser: +@netgroup -baduser +@netgroup : (deny) (allow) . (SEE ALSO) rhosts(5), rlogind(8), rshd(8) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 hosts.equiv(5)