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RLOGIN(1)               NetBSD General Commands Manual               RLOGIN(1)


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 char-
                   acter, 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 ser-
                   vice ``login''.  May be given either as symbolic name or as
                   number.

     A line of the form ``<escape char>.'' disconnects from the remote host.
     Similarly, the line ``<escape char>^Z'' will suspend the rlogin session,
     and ``<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 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 rlogin:

     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.

NetBSD 6.1.2                     July 16, 2005                    NetBSD 6.1.2