No it is related to samba configuration I know it is special for UNIX cuz I use
them in UNIX but you can configure your samba to take the host name from the
hosts.equiv and username from .rhosts
This is the samba man page about hosts.equiv And .rhosts
hosts equiv (G)
If this global parameter is a non-null string, it specifies the name of a file
to read for the names of hosts and users who will be allowed access without
specifying a password.
This is not be confused with hosts allow which is about hosts access to services
and is more useful for guest services. hosts equiv may be useful for NT clients
which will not supply passwords to Samba.
NOTE : The use of hosts equiv can be a major security hole. This is because you
are trusting the PC to supply the correct username. It is very easy to get a PC
to supply a false username. I recommend that the hosts equiv option be only used
if you really know what you are doing, or perhaps on a home network where you
trust your spouse and kids. And only if you really trust them :-).
Default: no host equivalences
Example: hosts equiv = /etc/hosts.equiv
use rhosts (G)
If this global parameter is true, it specifies that the UNIX user's .rhosts
file in their home directory will be read to find the names of hosts and users
who will be allowed access without specifying a password.
NOTE: The use of use rhosts can be a major security hole. This is because you
are trusting the PC to supply the correct username. It is very easy to get a PC
to supply a false username. I recommend that the use rhosts option be only used
if you really know what you are doing.
What I need to know is the formula for the files how to write the hostnames and
usernames in these 2 files
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From: robowarp@gmx.de [mailto:robowarp@gmx.de]
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 11:42 PM
To: Al-Shabib, Mohammed
Subject: Re: [Samba] hosts.equiv and .rhosts
these files are related to a unix system not special for samba, use man file
hosts or describe what is your target to develop to samba and these
files> Hi,
>
>
> How to use hosts.equiv and .rhosts in samba and can you please send me
> an example of them
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