root access without password

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 11:31:21 EDT
Robert Casey said:

>I know this is basic for most but how do you allow rlogin or rsh without 
>the host prompting for a password. Security is not an issue. What I'm 
>trying to do is allow root to be able to do an rdump from one host to 
>another but it fails I think because it needs a password. The host won't 
>allow anything other than ssh for root. Any suggestions?

While I understand that security is not an issue in this particular 
case, I still feel the need to answer your request with a secure 
solution, since in the future, a secure solution will probably be 
needed at sometime by someone grepping these archives.

So, I recommend using SSH, and creating keys for root, and placing 
them in the root home directory on the systems which need them.

If you need more information on SSH or how to do this, please ask, or 
read the SSH docs if that's easier :)
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Seeya,
Paul
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