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19.7 Miscellaneous Configuration Files
19.7.2 /etc/hosts.equiv
We sometimes want to allow other users, on systems we trust, to login over the network without supplying a password. In other words, we presume that authentication on their system is equivalent to our own. We can accomplish this by putting their system hostname in the file /etc/hosts.equiv. When an rlogin or rsh request comes in from one of these hosts there is no prompt for a password. This applies for all users except the root user. SunOS 4.X is delivered with "+" in this file, meaning ALL hosts are trusted. If you are not going to use this file remove it. On a per user basis the file ~/.rhosts is equivalent to the above file; this also includes the root user.
Unix System Administration - 8 AUG 1996
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