rlogin(1) User Commands rlogin(1)NAMErlogin - remote login
SYNOPSISrlogin [-8EL] [-ec ] [-A] [-K] [-x] [-PN | -PO] [-f | -F] [-a]
[-l username] [-k realm] hostname
DESCRIPTION
The rlogin utility establishes a remote login session from your termi‐
nal to the remote machine named hostname. The user can choose to ker‐
berize the rlogin session using Kerberos V5 and also protect the data
being transferred.
Hostnames are listed in the hosts database, which may be contained in
the /etc/hosts file, the Network Information Service (NIS) hosts map,
the Internet domain name server, or a combination of these. Each host
has one official name (the first name in the database entry), and
optionally one or more nicknames. Either official hostnames or nick‐
names may be specified in hostname.
The user can opt for a secure rlogin session which uses Kerberos V5 for
authentication. Encryption of the session data is also possible. The
rlogin session can be kerberized using any of the following Kerberos
specific options: -A, -PN or -PO, -x, -f or -F, and -k realm. Some of
these options (-A, -x, -PN or -PO, and -f or -F) can also be specified
in the [appdefaults] section of krb5.conf(4). The usage of these
options and the expected behavior is discussed in the OPTIONS section
below. If Kerberos authentication is used, authorization to the account
is controlled through rules in krb5_auth_rules(5). If this authoriza‐
tion fails, fallback to normal rlogin using rhosts will occur only if
the -PO option is used explicitly on the command line or is specified
in krb5.conf(4). Also notice that the -PN or -PO, -x, -f or -F, and -k
realm options are just supersets of the -A option.
The remote terminal type is the same as your local terminal type, as
given in your environment TERM variable. The terminal or window size is
also copied to the remote system if the server supports the option.
Changes in size are reflected as well. All echoing takes place at the
remote site, so that (except for delays) the remote login is transpar‐
ent. Flow control using Control-S and Control-Q and flushing of input
and output on interrupts are handled properly.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-8 Passes eight-bit data across the net instead of seven-
bit data.
-a Forces the remote machine to ask for a password by send‐
ing a null local username.
-A Explicitly enables Kerberos authentication and trusts
the .k5login file for access-control. If the authoriza‐
tion check by in.rlogind(1M) on the server-side succeeds
and if the .k5login file permits access, the user is
allowed to login without supplying a password.
-ec Specifies a different escape character, c, for the line
used to disconnect from the remote host.
-E Stops any character from being recognized as an escape
character.
-f Forwards a copy of the local credentials (Kerberos
Ticket Granting Ticket) to the remote system. This is a
non-forwardable ticket granting ticket. You must forward
a ticket granting ticket if you need to authenticate
yourself to other Kerberized network services on the
remote host. An example is if your home directory on the
remote host is NFS mounted via Kerberos V5. If your
local credentials are not forwarded in this case, you
will not be able to access your home directory. This
option is mutually exclusive with the -F option.
-F Forwards a forwardable copy of the local credentials
(Kerberos Ticket Granting Ticket) to the remote system.
The -F option provides a superset of the functionality
offered by the -f option. For example, with the -f
option, after you connected to the remote host, any
attempt to invoke /usr/bin/ftp, /usr/bin/telnet,
/usr/bin/rlogin, or /usr/bin/rsh with the -f or -F
options would fail. Thus, you would be unable to push
your single network sign on trust beyond one system.
This option is mutually exclusive with the -f option.
-k realm Causes rlogin to obtain tickets for the remote host in
realm instead of the remote host's realm as determined
by krb5.conf(4).
-K This option explicitly disables Kerberos authentication.
It can be used to override the autologin variable in
krb5.conf(4).
-l username Specifies a different username for the remote login. If
you do not use this option, the remote username used is
the same as your local username.
-L Allows the rlogin session to be run in "litout" mode.
-PN Explicitly requests the new (-PN) or old (-PO) version
-PO of the Kerberos `rcmd' protocol. The new protocol avoids
many security problems prevalant in the old one and is
considered much more secure, but is not interoperable
with older (MIT/SEAM) servers. The new protocol is used
by default, unless explicitly specified using these
options or by using krb5.conf(4). If Kerberos authoriza‐
tion fails when using the old `rcmd' protocol, there is
fallback to regular, non-kerberized rlogin. This is not
the case when the new, more secure `rcmd' protocol is
used.
-x Turns on DES encryption for all data passed through the
rlogin session. This reduces response time and increases
CPU utilization.
Escape Sequences
Lines that you type which start with the tilde character (~) are
"escape sequences." The escape character can be changed using the -e
option.
~. Disconnects from the remote host. This is not the same as a
logout, because the local host breaks the connection with no
warning to the remote end.
~susp Suspends the login session, but only if you are using a shell
with Job Control. susp is your "suspend" character, usually
Control-Z. See tty(1).
~dsusp Suspends the input half of the login, but output will still
be seen (only if you are using a shell with Job Control).
dsusp is your "deferred suspend" character, usually Control-
Y. See tty(1).
OPERANDS
hostname The remote machine on which rlogin establishes the remote
login session.
USAGE
For the kerberized rlogin session, each user may have a private autho‐
rization list in a file, .k5login, in his home directory. Each line in
this file should contain a Kerberos principal name of the form princi‐
pal/instance@realm. If there is a ~/.k5login file, access is granted to
the account if and only if the originating user is authenticated to one
of the principals named in the ~/.k5login file. Otherwise, the origi‐
nating user will be granted access to the account if and only if the
authenticated principal name of the user can be mapped to the local
account name using the authenticated-principal-name → local-user-name
mapping rules. The .k5login file (for access control) comes into play
only when Kerberos authentication is being done.
For the non-secure rlogin session, each remote machine may have a file
named /etc/hosts.equiv containing a list of trusted host names with
which it shares user names. Users with the same user name on both the
local and remote machine may rlogin from the machines listed in the
remote machine's /etc/hosts.equiv file without supplying a password.
Individual users may set up a similar private equivalence list with the
file .rhosts in their home directories. Each line in this file contains
two names, that is, a host name and a user name, separated by a space.
An entry in a remote user's .rhosts file permits the user named user‐
name who is logged into hostname to log in to the remote machine as the
remote user without supplying a password. If the name of the local host
is not found in the /etc/hosts.equiv file on the remote machine, and
the local user name and host name are not found in the remote user's
.rhosts file, then the remote machine will prompt for a password. Host
names listed in the /etc/hosts.equiv and .rhosts files must be the
official host names listed in the hosts database. Nicknames may not be
used in either of these files.
For security reasons, the .rhosts file must be owned by either the
remote user or by root.
FILES
/etc/passwd Contains information about users' accounts.
/usr/hosts/* For hostname version of the command.
/etc/hosts.equiv List of trusted hostnames with shared user
names.
/etc/nologin Message displayed to users attempting to login
during machine shutdown.
$HOME/.rhosts Private list of trusted hostname/username combi‐
nations.
$HOME/.k5login File containing Kerberos principals that are
allowed access.
/etc/krb5/krb5.conf Kerberos configuration file.
/etc/hosts Hosts database.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWrcmdc │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOrsh(1), stty(1), tty(1), in.rlogind(1M), hosts(4), hosts.equiv(4),
krb5.conf(4), nologin(4), attributes(5), krb5_auth_rules(5)DIAGNOSTICS
The following message indicates that the machine is in the process of
being shutdown and logins have been disabled:
NO LOGINS: System going down in N minutes
NOTES
When a system is listed in hosts.equiv, its security must be as good as
local security. One insecure system listed in hosts.equiv can compro‐
mise the security of the entire system.
The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow
Pages (YP.) The functionality of the two remains the same. Only the
name has changed.
This implementation can only use the TCP network service.
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