Re: COPS reporting unrestricted NFS exports under Linux

[patrick () oes amdahl com (Patrick Horgan)]

> Now, I have never done this and still wonder what brain-dead SW would parse
> the /etc/hosts.equiv or /.rhosts file and take the # as not a comment, but
> as an actual name (and be tricked into doing it), but hey...I'm just passing
> on what I read awhile back (and maybe it is of no concern now).

The syntax of the /etc/hosts.equiv and .rhosts doesn't have a comment. If you
put something in there it's assumed to mean something.  Administrators need to
know the syntax of the files they deal with.

Patrick
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