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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-11-29 23:15:10 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-11-29 23:15:10 +0000
commit385386b812d72ac2ff84ba5fe475900c2e1623ce (patch)
treee81c7e8d5fbc0fd7fab8e9b5feaaa494b863a873 /usr.bin/login
parent2ec1e714482afa20421a213f659ed1969ec660ab (diff)
document -u flag and environment variables
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diff --git a/usr.bin/login/login.1 b/usr.bin/login/login.1
index 8eef1b5154d..218900a1446 100644
--- a/usr.bin/login/login.1
+++ b/usr.bin/login/login.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: login.1,v 1.13 2000/03/24 21:41:08 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: login.1,v 1.14 2000/11/29 23:15:09 millert Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: login.1,v 1.7 1995/08/31 22:52:33 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
.Nm login
.Op Fl fp
.Op Fl h Ar hostname
+.Op Fl u Ar username
.Op Ar user
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -73,9 +74,12 @@ requested.
This option may only be used by the superuser or when an already
logged in user is logging in as themselves.
.It Fl h Ar hostname
-The
-.Fl h
-option specifies the host from which the connection was received.
+Specifies the host from which the connection was received.
+It is used by various daemons such as
+.Xr telnetd 8 .
+This option may only be used by the superuser.
+.It Fl u Ar username
+Specifies the remote user that initiated the connection.
It is used by various daemons such as
.Xr telnetd 8 .
This option may only be used by the superuser.
@@ -150,6 +154,30 @@ and
do not fork before executing the
.Nm
utility.
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+.Nm
+sets the following environment variables:
+.Bl -tag -width REMOTEHOST
+.It Ev HOME
+The user's home directory, as specified by the password database.
+.It Ev SHELL
+The user's shell, as specified by the password database.
+.It Ev TERM
+The user's terminal type, if it can be determined.
+.It Ev LOGNAME
+The user's login name.
+.It Ev USER
+Same as
+.Ev LOGNAME .
+.It Ev REMOTEHOST
+The name of the host from which the user logged in, if the
+.Fl h
+flag was specified.
+.It Ev REMOTEUSER
+The name of the remote user who initiated the connection, if the
+.Fl u
+flag was specified.
+.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/log/failedlogin -compact
.It Pa /etc/fbtab