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version 1.5, 1999/06/05 01:21:38

version 1.6, 2000/03/10 20:17:50

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.Op Fl l Ar username

.Ar host

.Sh DESCRIPTION

.Nm rlogin

.Nm

starts a terminal session on a remote host

.Ar host .

.Pp

.Nm rlogin

.Nm

first attempts to use the Kerberos authorization mechanism, described below.

If the remote host does not support Kerberos the standard Berkeley

.Pa rhosts

authorization mechanism is used.

.Pp

The options are as follows:

.Bl -tag -width flag

.It Fl 8

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.It Fl L

The

.Fl L

option allows the rlogin session to be run in ``litout'' (see

option allows the rlogin session to be run in

.Dq litout

(see

.Xr tty 4 )

mode.

.It Fl d

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The

.Fl e

option allows user specification of the escape character, which is

``~'' by default.

.Ql ~

by default.

This specification may be as a literal character, or as an octal

value in the form \ennn.

.It Fl k Ar realm

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in realm

.Ar realm

instead of the remote host's realm as determined by

.Xr krb_realmofhost 3 .

.It Fl x

The

.Fl x

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If this option is not specified, your local username will be used.

.El

.Pp

A line of the form ``<escape char>.'' disconnects from the remote host.

A line of the form

Similarly, the line ``<escape char>^Z'' will suspend the

.Dq <escape char>.

.Nm rlogin

disconnects from the remote host.

session, and ``<escape char><delayed-suspend char>'' suspends the

Similarly, the line

.Dq <escape char>^Z

will suspend the

.Nm

session, and

.Dq <escape char><delayed-suspend char>

suspends the

send portion of the rlogin, but allows output from the remote system.

By default, the tilde (``~'') character is the escape character, and

By default, the tilde

normally control-Y (``^Y'') is the delayed-suspend character.

.Pq Ql ~

character is the escape character, and

normally control-Y

.Pq Ql ^Y

is the delayed-suspend character.

.Pp

All echoing takes place at the remote site, so that (except for delays)

the

.Nm rlogin

.Nm

is transparent.

Flow control via ^S/^Q and flushing of input and output on interrupts

are handled properly.

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in their home directory.

Each line in this file should contain a Kerberos principal name of the

form

.Ar principal.instance@realm .

If the originating user is authenticated to one of the principals named

.Pa .klogin ,

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file.

Otherwise a login and password will be prompted for on the remote machine

as in

.Xr login 1 .

To avoid certain security problems, the

.Pa .klogin

file must be owned by

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.Pp

If Kerberos authentication fails, a warning message is printed and the

standard Berkeley

.Nm rlogin

.Nm

is used instead.

.Sh ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variable is utilized by

The following environment variables affect the execution of

.Nm rlogin :

.Bl -tag -width TERM

.It Ev TERM

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.Sh BUGS

.Nm rlogin

will be replaced by

.Xr telnet 1

in the near future.

.Pp

More of the environment should be propagated.