I don't know what version of pam you are using, but here is the documentation for the rhosts module from the latest release: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/pam-6.html#ss6.21 You might read through the options, especially the 'promiscuous' one. Cheers Andrew Dan Windekilde wrote: > > Thanks > > It works having .rhost like > foo.bar.com username > > Having .rhost like > + username > does NOT work. > > /Dan