Re: RH 5.0, PAM, and rlogin (and rsh, etc.)

Eric C. Frey (frey@bme.unc.edu)
Sat, 3 Jan 1998 21:25:42 -0500 (EST)

I had some trouble with this but it seems to be fixed now and I didn't
mess with pam. I think you just need to make sure the host is in the
hosts table (it may also make a difference whether the fully qualified
name is first).

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On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Tom Browder wrote:

> Just got RH 5.0 up and running on Alpha--once more
> PAM seems to be in the way--can't use rlogin and
> rhs without explicitly entering password (i.e.,
> .rhosts file is apparently not used).
>
> I found a so-called minimum PAM configuration in RH 5.0
> Sys Admin PAM docs, but using it doesn't seem to help.
> If anyone knows a way to either (1) get rid of PAM or
> (2) allow old-style rlogin use, please let me know.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tom Browder
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