Summary
Solaris provides various tools to access and administer remote systems on the network. These tools include telnet, rlogin, rsh, rcp, ssh, and ftp. The rlogin command is a remote login tool that enables users to log in to remote systems. Authentication of remote login can be automated by configuring .rhosts or hosts.equiv files on the remote systems. Though these files provide easy access to remote systems, they pose serious problems in controlling network security. The rsh command provides a better solution to the remote login through the enhanced security feature that use private and public key authentication. These keys are used to encrypt transmission over the network, thereby enhancing security.
The file transfer facility in Solaris ...
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