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author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2013-06-07 17:25:32 +0200 |
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committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2013-06-12 14:56:28 +0200 |
commit | c6fa0841a994c9588432d281925b964ad6d71966 (patch) | |
tree | 555174b0e03bcd8ff56d72bee8480860a6aafe04 /man5 | |
parent | 42c3e94740fbcd17f22c1d545a8a678f74632e2b (diff) |
time.1, _syscall.2, acct.2, getsockname.2, nanosleep.2, pciconfig_read.2, sched_get_priority_max.2, umask.2, uname.2, ustat.2, INFINITY.3, argz_add.3, atexit.3, bsearch.3, byteorder.3, carg.3, closedir.3, dlopen.3, drand48.3, envz_add.3, errno.3, ether_aton.3, exp10.3, finite.3, flockfile.3, fseeko.3, getcontext.3, getmntent.3, getnetent.3, getprotoent.3, getrpcent.3, getservent.3, iconv_close.3, iconv_open.3, initgroups.3, login.3, longjmp.3, mbsinit.3, memccpy.3, memmem.3, mempcpy.3, offsetof.3, on_exit.3, pow10.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, rpc.3, rpmatch.3, setenv.3, setjmp.3, setlogmask.3, sockatmark.3, strfmon.3, strptime.3, strverscmp.3, swab.3, tcgetpgrp.3, tmpfile.3, toascii.3, y0.3, null.4, tty.4, tty_ioctl.4, hosts.equiv.5, environ.7, path_resolution.7, tzselect.8: Convert inline formatting (\fX...\fP) to dot-directive formatting
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man5/hosts.equiv.5 b/man5/hosts.equiv.5 index e44f7c97..b2e30f69 100644 --- a/man5/hosts.equiv.5 +++ b/man5/hosts.equiv.5 @@ -6,36 +6,55 @@ .TH HOSTS.EQUIV 5 2003-08-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME /etc/hosts.equiv \- list of hosts and users that are granted "trusted" -\fBr\fP command access to your system +.B r +command access to your system .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fBhosts.equiv\fP file allows or denies hosts and users to use -the \fBr\fP-commands (e.g., \fBrlogin\fP, \fBrsh\fP or \fBrcp\fP) without +The +.B hosts.equiv +file allows or denies hosts and users to use +the \fBr\fP-commands (e.g., +.BR rlogin , +.B rsh +or +.BR rcp ) +without supplying a password. .PP The file uses the following format: .TP \fI[ + | \- ]\fP \fI[hostname]\fP \fI[username]\fP .PP -The \fIhostname\fP is the name of a host which is logically equivalent +The +.I hostname +is the name of a host which is logically equivalent to the local host. Users logged into that host are allowed to access like-named user accounts on the local host without supplying a password. -The \fIhostname\fP may be (optionally) preceded by a plus (+) sign. +The +.I hostname +may be (optionally) preceded by a plus (+) sign. If the plus sign is used alone it allows any host to access your system. -You can explicitly deny access to a host by preceding the \fIhostname\fP +You can explicitly deny access to a host by preceding the +.I hostname by a minus (\-) sign. Users from that host must always supply a password. For security reasons you should always use the FQDN of the hostname and not the short hostname. .PP -The \fIusername\fP entry grants a specific user access to all user +The +.I username +entry grants a specific user access to all user accounts (except root) without supplying a password. That means the user is NOT restricted to like-named accounts. -The \fIusername\fP may +The +.I username +may be (optionally) preceded by a plus (+) sign. You can also explicitly -deny access to a specific user by preceding the \fIusername\fP with +deny access to a specific user by preceding the +.I username +with a minus (\-) sign. This says that the user is not trusted no matter what other entries for that host exist. |