XRLOGIN(1)XRLOGIN(1)NAMExrlogin - start an xterm that uses rlogin or telnet to
connect to a remote host
SYNOPSISxrlogin [-l username] [-telnet] [xterm options] remote-
host
DESCRIPTION
Xrlogin opens an xterm window and runs rlogin or telnet to
login to a remote host.
Xrlogin automatically passes the -name argument to xterm
with a value of "xterm-hostname" where hostname is the
name of the remote host. This allows the user to specify
resources in their server's resource manager which are
specific to xterms from a given host. For example, this
feature can be used to make all xterm windows to a given
remote host be the same color or use a specific font or
start up in a specific place on the screen. Xrsh(1)
passes the same string so they are compatible in this
regard.
Xrlogin specifies that the default title for the new xterm
will be "hostname" where hostname is the name of the
remote host. This and the -name argument above can be
overridden with xterm-options on the command line.
One could also use xrlogin's sister command xrsh(1) to
open a window to a remote host. In the case of xrsh, the
xterm would run on the remote host and use X as the con-
nection protocol while xrlogin would run the xterm on the
local host and use rlogin or telnet as the connection pro-
tocol. See xrsh(1) for a discussion of the merits of each
scheme.
OPTIONS-l username
When not using -telnet, use username as the id to
login to the remote host.
-telnet
Use the -telnet protocol to open the connection
instead of rlogin. In general rlogin is preferred
because it can be configured to not prompt the user
for a password. Rlogin also automatically propa-
gates window size change signals (SIGWINCH) to the
remote host so that applications running there will
learn of a new window size. Use of telnet provided
mostly for hosts that don't support rlogin.
COMMON PROBLEMS
Make sure that the local host is specified in the .rhosts
file on the remote host or in the remote hosts
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XRLOGIN(1)XRLOGIN(1)
/etc/hosts.equiv file. See rlogin(1) for more informa-
tion.
EXAMPLESxrlogin-bg red yoda
Start a local red xterm which connects to the
remote host yoda using rlogin.
xrlogin-telnet c70
Open a local xterm which connects to the remote
host c70 using telnet.
SEE ALSOxrsh(1), rlogin(1), telnet(1)AUTHOR
James J. Dempsey <jjd@bbn.com> and Stephen Gildea
<gildea@expo.lcs.mit.edu>.
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