NAME

rlogin − remote login

SYNOPSIS

rlogin rhost [ −ec ] [ −8 ] [ −l username ]
rhost [ −ec ] [ −8 ] [ −l username ]

DESCRIPTION

Rlogin connects your terminal on the current local host system lhost to the remote host system rhost. 

Each host has a file /etc/hosts.equiv which contains a list of rhost’s with which it shares account names.  (The host names must be the standard names as described in rsh(1) and printed by login(1)). When you rlogin as the same user on an equivalent host, you don’t need to give a password.  Each user may also have a private equivalence list in a file .rhosts in his login directory.  Each line in this file should contain a rhost and a username separated by a space, giving additional cases where logins without passwords are to be permitted.  If the originating user is not equivalent to the remote user, the remote machine will prompt for a login and password as in login(1).

Your remote terminal type is the same as your local terminal type (as given in your environment TERM variable).  All echoing takes place at the remote site, so that (except for delays) the rlogin is transparent.  Flow control via ^S and ^Q and flushing of input and output on interrupts are handled properly. 

Lines starting with a tilde (~) character are ‘escape’ sequences.  A different escape character may be specified by the −e option.  A line of the form ‘~.’ disconnects from the remote host — this is not the same as a logout because the remote end doesn’t get the chance to read a .logout file (if any).  A line of the form ‘~^Z’ suspends the rlogin only if it was invoked from the C-shell.  This actually sends the stty susp character (see stty(1)). A line of the form ‘~^Y’ suspends the input half of the rlogin, but output will still be seen.  Again, this only works if rlogin was invoked from the C-shell.  This actually sends the stty dsusp character (see stty(1)).

OPTIONS

−ec Use character c as the ‘escape’ character for control sequences, which are discussed below.  The default escape character is the tilde (~).

−lusername
Log in on the remote machine as username instead of your own login name. 

−8 Pass eight-bit input across the link instead of the default seven-bits. 

SEE ALSO

rsh(1), hosts(5), services(5)

FILES

/usr/hosts/∗for rhost version of the command
/etc/hostshosts database
/etc/servicesfunctions specific to the network, host, and UNIX

This implementation of rlogin uses the TCP network service. 

BUGS

More terminal characteristics should be propagated (through TERMCAP, for example). 

^S and ^Q are interpreted as flow control sequences regardless of whether the remote end has them set as flow control. 

Tab simulation should be turned off locally, since it often results in obscure output from remote raw-mode programs such as vi(1).

Sun System Release 0.3  —  6 April 1983