NAME

rlogin - remote login

SYNOPSIS

rlogin [-468Ed] [-e char] [-l username] [-p port] host rlogin [-468Ed] [-e char] [-p port] username@host

DESCRIPTION

rlogin starts a terminal session on a remote host host.

rlogin first attempts to use the standard Berkeley rhosts authorization mechanism. The options are as follows:

-4
Use IPv4 addresses only.

-6
Use IPv6 addresses only.

-8
The -8 option allows an eight-bit input data path at all times; otherwise parity bits are stripped except when the remote side's stop and start characters are other than `^S/^Q'.

-E
The -E option stops any character from being recognized as an escape character. When used with the -8 option, this provides a completely transparent connection.

-d
The -d option turns on socket debugging (see setsockopt(2)) on the TCP sockets used for communication with the remote host.

-e char
The -e option allows user specification of the escape character, which is ``~'' by default. This specification may be as a literal character, or as an octal value in the form \nnn.

-l username
the -l option specifies an alternate username for the remote login. If this option is not specified, your local username will be used.

-p port
Uses the given port instead of the one assigned to the service ``login''. May be given either as symbolic name or as number.

A line of the form ``escape char<.blm Pp. >'' disconnects from the remote host. Similarly, the line ``escape char<.blm Pp^Z >'' will suspend the rlogin session, and ``escape char<.blm Pp<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 normally control-Y (``^Y'') is the delayed-suspend character.

All echoing takes place at the remote site, so that (except for delays) the rlogin is transparent. Flow control via ^S/^Q and flushing of input and output on interrupts are handled properly.

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variable is used by :

TERM
Determines the user's terminal type.

SEE ALSO

rcmd(1), rsh(1), rcmd(3), hosts.equiv(5), rhosts(5), environ(7)

HISTORY

The rlogin command appeared in 4.2BSD.

BUGS

More of the environment should be propagated.