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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-10 20:17:53 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-10 20:17:53 +0000 |
commit | 8beef7d0a675bc64e2923d671c5b161fa58495c1 (patch) | |
tree | f314076febb8e5c2bf99469fcae5a35f516008a6 /usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1 | |
parent | be14c55d489e58f3ab7be4c8e95236a8e54673a0 (diff) |
Various cleanups and standardization.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1 | 52 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1 b/usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1 index e186860fc84..8b41514890d 100644 --- a/usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1 +++ b/usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: rlogin.1,v 1.5 1999/06/05 01:21:38 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: rlogin.1,v 1.6 2000/03/10 20:17:50 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: rlogin.1,v 1.4 1995/08/18 15:07:35 pk Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993 @@ -48,15 +48,16 @@ .Op Fl l Ar username .Ar host .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm rlogin +.Nm starts a terminal session on a remote host -.Ar host . +.Ar host . .Pp -.Nm rlogin +.Nm first attempts to use the Kerberos authorization mechanism, described below. If the remote host does not support Kerberos the standard Berkeley .Pa rhosts authorization mechanism is used. +.Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width flag .It Fl 8 @@ -80,7 +81,9 @@ option turns off all Kerberos authentication. .It Fl L The .Fl L -option allows the rlogin session to be run in ``litout'' (see +option allows the rlogin session to be run in +.Dq litout +(see .Xr tty 4 ) mode. .It Fl d @@ -93,7 +96,8 @@ on the TCP sockets used for communication with the remote host. The .Fl e option allows user specification of the escape character, which is -``~'' by default. +.Ql ~ +by default. This specification may be as a literal character, or as an octal value in the form \ennn. .It Fl k Ar realm @@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ option requests rlogin to obtain tickets for the remote host in realm .Ar realm instead of the remote host's realm as determined by -.Xr krb_realmofhost 3 . +.Xr krb_realmofhost 3 . .It Fl x The .Fl x @@ -124,17 +128,27 @@ for the remote login. If this option is not specified, your local username will be used. .El .Pp -A line of the form ``<escape char>.'' disconnects from the remote host. -Similarly, the line ``<escape char>^Z'' will suspend the -.Nm rlogin -session, and ``<escape char><delayed-suspend char>'' suspends the +A line of the form +.Dq <escape char>. +disconnects from the remote host. +Similarly, the line +.Dq <escape char>^Z +will suspend the +.Nm +session, and +.Dq <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. +By default, the tilde +.Pq Ql ~ +character is the escape character, and +normally control-Y +.Pq Ql ^Y +is the delayed-suspend character. .Pp All echoing takes place at the remote site, so that (except for delays) the -.Nm rlogin +.Nm is transparent. Flow control via ^S/^Q and flushing of input and output on interrupts are handled properly. @@ -144,7 +158,7 @@ Each user may have a private authorization list in the file in their home directory. Each line in this file should contain a Kerberos principal name of the form -.Ar principal.instance@realm . +.Ar principal.instance@realm . If the originating user is authenticated to one of the principals named in .Pa .klogin , @@ -157,7 +171,7 @@ there is no file. Otherwise a login and password will be prompted for on the remote machine as in -.Xr login 1 . +.Xr login 1 . To avoid certain security problems, the .Pa .klogin file must be owned by @@ -165,10 +179,10 @@ the remote user. .Pp If Kerberos authentication fails, a warning message is printed and the standard Berkeley -.Nm rlogin +.Nm is used instead. .Sh ENVIRONMENT -The following environment variable is utilized by +The following environment variables affect the execution of .Nm rlogin : .Bl -tag -width TERM .It Ev TERM @@ -187,7 +201,7 @@ command appeared in .Sh BUGS .Nm rlogin will be replaced by -.Xr telnet 1 +.Xr telnet 1 in the near future. .Pp More of the environment should be propagated. |