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RLOGIN(1)                 BSD General Commands Manual                RLOGIN(1)

NAME
     rlogin -- remote login

SYNOPSIS
     rlogin [-8ELd] [-e char] [-k realm] [-l username] host
     rlogin [-8ELd] [-e char] 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:

     -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.

     -L    The -L option allows the rlogin session to be run in ``litout'' (see tty(4)) mode.

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

     -e    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.

     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 utilized by rlogin:

     TERM  Determines the user's terminal type.

SEE ALSO
     rsh(1)

HISTORY
     The rlogin command appeared in 4.2BSD.

BUGS
     More of the environment should be propagated.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution       April 29, 1995       4.2 Berkeley Distribution