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     The special character `+' can be used  in  place  of  either
     hostname  or  username to match any host or user.  For exam-
     ple, the entry

          +

     will allow a user from any remote host to access the  system
     with the same username.  The entry

          + username

     will allow the named user from any remote host to access the
     system.  The entry

          hostname +

     will allow any user from the named host to access the system
     as the local user.

I have not tried all the combinations, but the testing I have done
leads me to believe that the simple case of "+" is not implemented.

-Greg


On 18-Oct-99 Ken Teh wrote:
> You've got r-utilities confused with NIS.  The r-utilities use
> /etc/hosts.equiv and ${HOME}/.rhosts while NIS uses the '+' in the /etc
> files that are to be converted to NIS maps.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Gregory Hosler wrote:
> 
>> In the berkely (and many other) implementations of the "r-utilities"
>> a "+" in the ~/.rhosts file would allow access from any remote machine.
>> 
>> I am finding that the "+" syntax seems not to be supported in the ~/.rhost
>> (but specifing the actual hostname(s) is infact supported).
>> 
>> is this an oversight, or a bug, or was this deliberately left out ?
>> 
>> I understand the security implications of "+", but in a closed network,
>> "+" in ~/.rhost is really nice.
>> 
>> -Greg
>> 
>> ----------------------------------
>> E-Mail: Gregory Hosler <gregory hosler eno ericsson se>
>> Date: 18-Oct-99
>> Time: 15:26:01
>> 
>>    Windows 95/NT: 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16
>>    bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4
>>    bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand
>>    1 bit of competition.
>> 
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E-Mail: Gregory Hosler <gregory hosler eno ericsson se>
Date: 19-Oct-99
Time: 10:00:52

   Windows 95/NT: 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16
   bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4
   bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand
   1 bit of competition.

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