NAME

rlogin − remote login

SYNOPSIS

rlogin rhost [ −ec] [ -l username ]

DESCRIPTION

Rlogin connects your terminal on the current host system to a login listener on the remote host system rhost.  (The rhost name must be a standard name or alias in /etc/hosts.) 

The /etc/hosts.equiv file lists the hosts that share accounts.  Accounts with the same user-name are considered to belong to the same user.  Therefore, a user can login from an equivalent account on an equivalent machine without giving a user-name or a password. 

Individual users may bypass the above method by providing a .rhosts file in their home directory.  Each line of the .rhosts file specifies an account on a host which is considered equivalent to the local account.  The format is

host user-name

with a space between the two elements. 

If the originating user is not equivalent to the remote user, then the remote machine prompts for a login and a password as in login(1).  To avoid security problems, the remote user or root must own the .rhosts file and it must not be a symbolic link. 

All echoing occurs at the remote site; the remote login is transparent except for delays.  Flow control via ^S and ^Q, and  I/O flushing on interrupts are handled properly.  A line of the form "~." disconnects your terminal from the remote host, where "~" is the escape character.  A different escape character may be chosen via the -e option. 

Rlogin is only available if one is running the IP/TCP kernel. 

SEE ALSO

rsh(1C), hosts(4)

FILES

/etc/hostshost name to network address mapping
/etc/hosts.equiv    host name table for equivalent hosts
/net/rlogindremote login daemon
/dev/ttyp?pseudo-tty front end
/dev/EXOS/pty?pseudo-tty back end

Version 2.3  —  July 04, 1985