Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring a Workgroup
Installing New Systems
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• root password
• optional parameters:
— subnet mask
— IP address of a Domain Name Server
— Network Information Service (NIS) domain name
• whether to make the system a font client or font server
You can reset networking parameters at any time by running
/sbin/set_parms again and rebooting the system. See “Manually
Setting Initial Information” on page 268 for a list and description of the
set_parms options.
If a system is having trouble communicating with other systems, check
that /etc/rc.config.d/netconf, /var/adm/inetd.sec, and
/etc/hosts files all contain the correct official host name.
Allowing Access to Remote Systems
To allow a user access to a remote system using rcp or remsh or rlogin
without supplying a password, set up an /etc/hosts.equiv or
$HOME/.rhosts file on the remote system. See the hosts.equiv (4)
manpage for more information.
The /etc/hosts.equiv file can contain NFS netgroups. See Installing
and Administering NFS Services for more information.
$HOME/.rhosts file Users listed in $HOME/.rhosts are allowed access
to the local system, from the remote systems and accounts named in the
file, without supplying a password. This file should be owned by the local
user.
In the following example, /users/spence/.rhosts resides on system
wsj6700. Users tom and patrick can log in to spence’s account on
wsj6700, from ws732 and wsb2600 respectively, without supplying a
password.
ws732 tom
wsb2600 patrick
Enabling X Server Access To allow an X client to send output to an X
server using the display option, use the xhost command.