in.rlogind
Maintenance Commands in.rlogind(1M)NAME
in.rlogind, rlogind - remote login serverSYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/in.rlogindDESCRIPTION
in.rlogind is the server for the rlogin(1) program. The server provides a remote login facility with authentication based on privileged port numbers. in.rlogind is invoked by inetd(1M) when a remote login con- nection is established, and executes the following protocol: + The server checks the client's source port. If the port is not in the range 0-1023, the server aborts the connection. + The server checks the client's source address. If an entry for the client exists in both /etc/hosts and /etc/hosts.equiv, a user logging in from the client is not prompted for a password. If the address is associ- ated with a host for which no corresponding entry exists in /etc/hosts, the user is prompted for a pass- word, regardless of whether or not an entry for the client is present in /etc/hosts.equiv. See hosts(4) and hosts.equiv(4). Once the source port and address have been checked, in.rlogind allocates a pseudo-terminal and manipulates file descriptors so that the slave half of the pseudo-terminal becomes the stdin, stdout, and stderr for a login process. The login process is an instance of the login(1) program, invoked with the -r. The login process then proceeds with the pam(3PAM) authenti- cation process. See SECURITY below. If automatic authenti- cation fails, it reprompts the user to login. The parent of the login process manipulates the master side of the pseudo-terminal, operating as an intermediary between the login process and the client instance of the rlogin pro- gram. In normal operation, a packet protocol is invoked to provide <Ctrl-S> and <Ctrl-Q> type facilities and propagate interrupt signals to the remote programs. The login process propagates the client terminal's baud rate and terminal type, as found in the environment variable, TERM; see environ(4). USAGE rlogind and in.rlogind are IPv6-enabled. See ip6(7P). SunOS 5.8 Last change: 2 Nov 1999 1 Maintenance Commands in.rlogind(1M) SECURITY in.rlogind uses pam(3PAM) for authentication, account management, and session management. The PAM configuration policy, listed through /etc/pam.conf, specifies the modules to be used for in.rlogind. Here is a partial pam.conf file with entries for the rlogin command using the "rhosts" and UNIX authentication modules, and the UNIX account, session management, and password management modules. rlogin auth sufficient /usr/lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so.1 rlogin auth required /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so.1 rlogin account required /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so.1 rlogin session required /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so.1 With this configuration, the server checks the client's source address. If an entry for the client exists in both /etc/hosts and /etc/hosts.equiv, a user logging in from the client is not prompted for a password. If the address is associated with a host for which no corresponding entry exists in /etc/hosts, the user is prompted for a password, regardless of whether or not an entry for the client is present in /etc/hosts.equiv. See hosts(4) and hosts.equiv(4). If there are no entries for the rlogin service, then the entries for the "other" service will be used. If multiple authentication modules are listed, then the user may be prompted for multiple passwords. Removing the "pam_rhosts_auth.so.1" entry will disable the /etc/hosts.equiv and ~/.rhosts authentication protocol and the user would always be forced to type the password. The sufficient flag indicates that authentication through the pam_rhosts_auth.so.1 module is "sufficient" to authenticate the user. Only if this authentication fails is the next authentication module used.ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri- butes: ____________________________________________________________ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | |_____________________________|_____________________________| | Availability | SUNWcsu | |_____________________________|_____________________________|SEE ALSO
login(1), rlogin(1), in.rshd(1M), inetd(1M), pam(3PAM), environ(4), hosts(4), hosts.equiv(4), inetd.conf(4), pam.conf(4), attributes(5), pam_rhosts_auth(5), pam_unix(5), SunOS 5.8 Last change: 2 Nov 1999 2 Maintenance Commands in.rlogind(1M) ip6(7P)DIAGNOSTICS
All diagnostic messages are returned on the connection asso- ciated with the stderr, after which any network connections are closed. An error is indicated by a leading byte with a value of 1. Hostname for your address unknown. No entry in the host name database existed for the client's machine. Try again. A fork by the server failed. /usr/bin/sh: ... The user's login shell could not be started.NOTES
The authentication procedure used here assumes the integrity of each client machine and the connecting medium. This is insecure, but it is useful in an ``open'' environment. A facility to allow all data exchanges to be encrypted should be present. SunOS 5.8 Last change: 2 Nov 1999 3