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:
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-4
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Use IPv4 addresses only.
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-6
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Use IPv6 addresses only.
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-8
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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'.
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-E
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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.
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-d
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The -d option turns on socket debugging (see setsockopt(2)) on the TCP sockets used for communication with the remote host.
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-e char
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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.
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-l username
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the -l option specifies an alternate username for the remote login. If this option is not specified, your local username will be used.
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-p port
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Uses the given port instead of the one assigned to the service “login”. May be given either as symbolic name or as number.
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.