RLOGIN(1)
NAME
rlogin − remote log-in
USAGE
rlogin rhost [ −ec ] [ −l username ]
DESCRIPTION
Rlogin connects your terminal on the current local host system specified by lhost to the remote host system specified by rhost.
Each host has a /etc/hosts.equiv file that contains a list of rhosts with which it shares account names. The host names must be the standard names as described in rsh (1). When you execute rlogin as the same user on an equivalent host, you do not have to provide a password. Each user may also have a private equivalence list in a file .rhosts in his or her log-in directory. Each line in this file should contain an rhost and a username separated by a space, giving additional cases where log-ins without passwords are to be permitted. The format should be as follows:
rhost [−ec] [−l username]
If the originating user is not equivalent to the remote user, then the remote system prompts for a log-in and password. To avoid some security problems, the .rhosts file must be owned by either the remote user or root and may not be a symbolic link.
Your remote terminal type is the same as your local terminal type (specified in 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.
If you type a tilde followed by a period (~.) on a single line, where a tilde is the default escape character, you are disconnected from the remote host.
OPTIONS
−ec Specify c as a different escape character to use. Do not put a space between the −e and the argument character.
−l username
Specify a different username. This is necessary when the originating user is not equivalent to the remote user.
FILES
/usr/hosts/*for rhost version of the command