-This file is used during
-.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
-and
-.Cm HostbasedAuthentication
-authentication.
-In the simplest form, this file contains host names, one per line.
-Users on
-those hosts are permitted to log in without a password, provided they
-have the same user name on both machines.
-The host name may also be
-followed by a user name; such users are permitted to log in as
-.Em any
-user on this machine (except root).
-Additionally, the syntax
-.Dq +@group
-can be used to specify netgroups.
-Negated entries start with
-.Ql \&- .
-.Pp
-If the client host/user is successfully matched in this file, login is
-automatically permitted provided the client and server user names are the
-same.
-Additionally, successful client host key authentication is required.
-This file must be writable only by root; it is recommended
-that it be world-readable.
-.Pp
-.Sy "Warning: It is almost never a good idea to use user names in"
-.Pa hosts.equiv .
-Beware that it really means that the named user(s) can log in as
-.Em anybody ,
-which includes bin, daemon, adm, and other accounts that own critical
-binaries and directories.
-Using a user name practically grants the user root access.
-The only valid use for user names that I can think
-of is in negative entries.
-.Pp
-Note that this warning also applies to rsh/rlogin.