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How to update entry in /etc/host.eqiv

GVENKAT04 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:13:27 GMT

I want to enable RSH access for netapp controller from a specific host, and now i have enabled the options.rsh enable on. But now i'm stuck in adding the host DNS/IPaddress in host.equiv file to make the controller trust the host from where im going to run the prefstat report. can anyone provide the steps on how to add the host entry in /etc/host.equiv file.

Im using ONTAP 8.0.2P5 7-mode..

Thanks...

Re: How to update entry in /etc/host.eqiv

LTDCLSERGAO — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:53:04 GMT

hello,

man hosts.equiv

.....

Each line in hosts.equiv has the following format:

hostname [ username ]
+@netgroup [ username ]

If the host on which you enter the filer command is a UNIX host, the user name is optional. If the host on which you enter the filer command is a PC, you must enter the user name for that PC in the /etc/hosts.equiv file.

Hope this will help.

Re: How to update entry in /etc/host.eqiv

martin_fisher — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:07:25 GMT

hi venkat - are you editing the hosts.equiv file via the CLI or via a CIFS share?

If you are doing it by the CLI, you will have to read the file (rdfile) and then copy it, make the changes in Notepad, or Notepad++ and then re-write the contents to the same file with the (wrfile) command.