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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<refentry id="pam_rhosts">
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>pam_rhosts</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv id="pam_rhosts-name">
+ <refname>pam_rhosts</refname>
+ <refpurpose>The rhosts PAM module</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis id="pam_rhosts-cmdsynopsis">
+ <command>pam_rhosts.so</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1 id="pam_rhosts-description">
+
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This module performs the standard network authentication for services,
+ as used by traditional implementations of <command>rlogin</command>
+ and <command>rsh</command> etc.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The authentication mechanism of this module is based on the contents
+ of two files; <filename>/etc/hosts.equiv</filename> (or
+ and <filename>~/.rhosts</filename>. Firstly, hosts listed in the
+ former file are treated as equivalent to the localhost. Secondly,
+ entries in the user's own copy of the latter file is used to map
+ "<emphasis>remote-host remote-user</emphasis>" pairs to that user's
+ account on the current host. Access is granted to the user if their
+ host is present in <filename>/etc/hosts.equiv</filename> and their
+ remote account is identical to their local one, or if their remote
+ account has an entry in their personal configuration file.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The module authenticates a remote user (internally specified by the
+ item <parameter>PAM_RUSER</parameter> connecting from the remote
+ host (internally specified by the item <command>PAM_RHOST</command>).
+ Accordingly, for applications to be compatible this authentication
+ module they must set these items prior to calling
+ <function>pam_authenticate()</function>. The module is not capable
+ of independently probing the network connection for such information.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="pam_rhosts-options">
+ <title>OPTIONS</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>debug</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print debug information.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>silent</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Don't print informative messages.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>superuser=<replaceable>account</replaceable></option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Handle <replaceable>account</replaceable> as root.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="pam_rhosts-services">
+ <title>MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED</title>
+ <para>
+ Only the <option>auth</option> service is supported.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='pam_rhosts-return_values'>
+ <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PAM_AUTH_ERR</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The remote host, remote user name or the local user name
+ couldn't be determined or access was denied by
+ <filename>.rhosts</filename> file.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PAM_USER_UNKNOWN</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ User is not known to system.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='pam_rhosts-examples'>
+ <title>EXAMPLES</title>
+ <para>
+ To grant a remote user access by <filename>/etc/hosts.equiv</filename>
+ or <filename>.rhosts</filename> for <command>rsh</command> add the
+ following lines to <filename>/etc/pam.d/rsh</filename>:
+ <programlisting>
+#%PAM-1.0
+#
+auth required pam_rhosts.so
+auth required pam_nologin.so
+auth required pam_env.so
+auth required pam_unix.so
+ </programlisting>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='pam_rhosts-see_also'>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>rootok</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>hosts.equiv</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>rhosts</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>pam.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>pam.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='pam_rhosts-author'>
+ <title>AUTHOR</title>
+ <para>
+ pam_rhosts was written by Thorsten Kukuk &lt;kukuk@thkukuk.de&gt;
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>