I want to allow access to the r-commands to my system from any other system on the local network. I have xinetd.d/rsh and xinetd.d/rlogin set to only allow access from 192.168.0.0/16 and I deny access from router, in case someone faked access from my router address. Anyway, I used to be able to have: + <userid> in my ~/.rhosts file and I could access from any other machine, provided: my userid is the same on both client and server machine, and that machine is on the local (192.168.) net. However, having installed SuSE8.2 Pro, I can only get password-free access if I have the host's *specific* IP address in the .rhosts file. This can be a pain because of DHCP issues... Anyone still use these servers and able to give me some help with this? I have checked the permissions and the ownership of my ~/.rhosts file and it is as it should be. I've read the docs and they indicate that what I have should work w/o a password. Any help appreciated. -Michael