Once it's setup, the trust is assumed (no further authentication required), and the problem with rhosts is that passwords are kept in plain text.
But in order to make it a see-nothing do-nothing, full trust must be assumed (so no password will be asked). For internal network machines, the risk is minimal For machines across the internet, the risk could be tragic George > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Hiscock > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:02 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] Plant hopping help > > > There is no "assumed" trust between machines with rlogin, the trust > relationship must be setup explicitly via the host.equiv or > .rhosts files. > If the machines are not listed in host.equiv or .rhosts, > rlogin will prompt > for a password. > > Larry Hiscock > Western Computer Services > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Gallen > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:03 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] Plant hopping help > > if each "plant" is on a different machine, and all machines > are running > unix, you could use the rlogin command. > > WARNING: rlogin has some very serious security risks however. > > rlogin is the equivilent of a telnet without the username/password > authentication. There is an assumed trust between machines and > usernames. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Keith W. > > Roberts > > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:23 AM > > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > Subject: RE: [U2] Plant hopping help > > > > > > You'll have to define this a bit more. Assuming you mean that each > > "plant" > > is a different account ... a simple EXECUTE 'LOGTO > ':ACCT.NAME will do > > it. > > > > -Keith > > > > ----Original Message---- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason K. > > Szemborski > > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 7:30 AM > > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > Subject: [U2] Plant hopping help > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I've been working on something that have run into a road > block and > > > know it can be done, but I can't figure it out. We have a > > > multi-plant system and I need to take a user from one plant to > > > another based on some search criteria. I have the search routine > > > written out and have a place to call a subroutine to move someone > > > from one plant to another but have yet to find anything > that can log > > > the user to another plant without them actually typing > it. Any help > > > would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Environment: Universe - Pick > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Jason Szemborski > > > ------- > > > u2-users mailing list > > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
