rhosts alleviates the need for a user to enter their password
You can locate all existing .rhosts files on your system with the following command:
[root@deep /]# find /home -name .rhosts
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2 Comments
Better to disable rhosts authentication and use ssh keys, which are much more secure.
Excellent link in this regard:
http://bastille-linux.org/jay/stupid-protocols.html
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