OpenSSH 3.4p1 hostbased authentication

[Sreedhar_Baddigam]

Hi,

We want to use Hostbased Authentication in OpenSSH 3.4p1 completely based on
rhosts or shosts. Don't want to have any keys exchange between server and
client.

Created /etc/ssh/sshd_config on OpenSSH server with:
RhostsAuthentication yes
IgnoreRhosts no
HostbasedAuthentication yes

Created /etc/ssh/ssh_config on client with:
Host *
  HostbasedAuthentication yes

Created /etc/rhosts.equiv, /etc/shosts.equiv, /etc/ssh/shosts.equiv on
server with:
<client hostname>

Hostbased authentication is failing giving the following message on client
side:

debug1: authentications that can continue:
publickey,password,keyboard-interactive,hostbased
debug1: next auth method to try is hostbased
get_socket_ipaddr: getnameinfo 8 failed
userauth_hostbased: cannot get local ipaddr/name
debug1: next auth method to try is password
root at server01's password: 

What special settings are to be done to make it work? Please help.

thanks and regards,
Sreedhar.

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