On 16-Apr-98 Jörg Narr wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> I receive the above comment on rlogin as soon as I try to
> rlogin as a "normal" user. As super user "root" rlogin works
> fine.

rlogin must be suid.  Use 'chmod 4755 /usr/bin/rlogin' to fix the permissions.
Be sure to only apply the suid-bit to processes that absolutely require it. 
This is a potential security exploit.

Dave


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