rlogin(1C)                     DG/UX R4.11MU05                    rlogin(1C)


NAME
       rlogin - log in to a remote host

SYNOPSIS
       rlogin hostname [ -ec ] [ -l username ] [ -8 ]

DESCRIPTION
       Use rlogin to log in to another system over the network:

       hostname  specifies the name of the remote host.

       -ec       optionally specifies an escape character c. By default, the
                 escape character is tilde (~).  (Do not enter a space
                 between the -e option and the new escape character.)

       -l username
                 optionally specifies the login name to use on the remote
                 host. If you omit this parameter, the username on the local
                 system is used.

       -8        optionally specifies that flow control characters ^S and ^Q
                 be processed on the remote machine. If you omit this
                 option, flow control is processed on the local machine.

                 If the stty settings on the local system provide an eight-
                 bit data path, this option provides an eight-bit data path
                 to the network.

       All echoing takes place on the remote host, so rlogin is transparent.

       The flushing of input and output on interrupts is handled properly.
       A line of the form ``c.'' disconnects from the remote host.

       If your shell is csh(1), you can suspend a remote login session and
       return to the local shell by entering the escape character followed
       by the suspend command: ~^z by default.

       The remote system will prompt you for a login and password, as in
       login(1C), unless auto-login is set up. Auto-login is controlled by
       two files. The /etc/hosts.equiv file, maintained by the system
       administrator, controls remote access at the system level. The
       optional file .rhosts, in each user's login directory, controls
       remote access at the user level.  See hosts.equiv(4M) for details.

       On a system with DG/UX information security, auto-login is disabled;
       you must always supply a password.  If the remote system has DG/UX
       information security, the user must be specifically authorized for
       rlogin service.

       CAUTION:  If users from different systems listed in the
                 /etc/hosts.equiv file have the same username, they will
                 have access to each other's accounts.

       The rlogin command and rlogind server allow for the dynamic exchange
       of window size information.  This is particularly useful in an
       environment in which you use windowing software such as X windows.
       Suppose that within a window, you use rlogin to log in to a host.  If
       you change that window's dimensions through the mouse, the new
       dimensions are propagated to the corresponding remote server,
       rlogind.  The remote kernel data structures are then changed to
       reflect these size changes.  This information exchange is transparent
       to a user.  For this enhancement to be fully realized, both the local
       and remote machines must be running the appropriate versions of
       rlogin and rlogind.

EXAMPLES
       Log in to the remote system syst3, and change the escape character
       from ~ to p. Use the same username as on the local system.  The
       remote system prompts for a password, as shown.
            $ rlogin syst3 -ep<NL>

            Password:

SEE ALSO
       hosts.equiv(4M), remsh(1C), rlogind(1M).

BUGS
       This command does not support all terminal characteristics.


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