- Hewlett-Packard Printer User Guide

Using the Integration Capabilities of the VPO Motif-based GUI
Integrating External Applications into the VPO GUI
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You can avoid specifying a password if you define an .rhosts entry on
the managed node with the specified user name. This method should
only be used for terminal applications, and if no terminal emulator is
available on the managed node. This is because:
• the need for specifying passwords or rhosts entries is difficult to
maintain and, in most cases, is unlikely to meet the security
policies of the customer, and
• there is an inherent lack of security in the rlogin mechanism, as it
is possible to get shell access by sending a signal at the right time.