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1.1       root        1: .TH HOSTS.EQUIV 5  "15 January 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: hosts.equiv \- equivalent host table
                      4: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      5: The
                      6: .I /etc/hosts.equiv
                      7: is a list specifying hosts which are 
                      8: .I equivalent
                      9: to the current host. From these hosts, users do not 
                     10: supply login passwords when remotely logging into the sytem via
                     11: .I rlogin(1C).
                     12: Remote users can also execute commands via 
                     13: .I rsh(1C)
                     14: at this host without logging into the host first
                     15: or perform file transfers
                     16: via
                     17: .I rcp(1C).
                     18: .PP
                     19: The format of the entry lines is:
                     20: 
                     21: 
                     22: \ \ \ \ remote-host remote-user
                     23: 
                     24: or
                     25: 
                     26: \ \ \ \ remote-host
                     27: 
                     28: The second format allows wildcard matching of
                     29: .I remote-user.
                     30: .I Remote-host 
                     31: must be the host names as defined in
                     32: .I /etc/hosts.
                     33: 
                     34: Each user can also customize a list of equivalent hosts by creating the file
                     35: .I ".rhosts"
                     36: in his or her home directory. The entry format is the same as that 
                     37: .I /etc/hosts.equiv
                     38: .SH SEE ALSO
                     39: rsh(1C),
                     40: rshd(8C),
                     41: rlogin(1C),
                     42: rlogind(8C)

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