rshd, rlogind, .rhosts question

[Chuck Swiger]

Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> i use this widely with NetBSD and now try with FreeBSD
> 
> rlogin/rlogind works the same - all OK. if host is entered in .rhosts 
> then it logs in without password
> 
> rsh -l login host command worked fine too in NetBSD same way - no asking 
> for password if .rhosts consist of my host and user name.
> 
> in FreeBSD rsh doesn't work that way, always ask for password.
> 
> what's the difference? how to fix it?

FreeBSD's rsh may really be ssh?  In any event, use ssh-keygen to set up some 
keys, and copy them to authorized_keys, and use that to permit password-less 
login between machines securely.

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-Chuck