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 com‐
patible 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 com‐
mand 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 connection 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 con‐
figured to not prompt the user for a password. Rlogin also
automatically propagates 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 /etc/hosts.equiv file. See
rlogin(1) for more information.
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@jjd.com> and Stephen Gildea <gildea@intouch‐
sys.com>.
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