>On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Anthony Barbachan wrote:
>
>> Try the sudo package. It works great.
>>
>> Also as an alternative you can use rsh/rlogin.
>>
>> edit /root/.rhosts
>> add:
>>
>> localhost username
>>
>>
>>
>> make sure rshd rlogind have the -h parameter in /etc/inetd.conf
>>
>>
>> using rsh/rlogin the user can rsh or rlogin as the root user locally
>
>rsh/rlogin are IMHO major security holes in a system. I would
>never run rlogind/rshd on a networked system unless it was a
>totally trusted private network. Even then, ssh is much better
>of a shell as it provides security and encryption.
>
I know, I put it here as an alternative. He may not have ssh but virtually
everybody has rsh/rlogin
>
>--
>Mike A. Harris - Computer Consultant - Linux advocate
>
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>
>
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