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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 21:28:50 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 21:28:50 +0000
commit20fbd172b22ab587e9d796f4cb8664a235cebe78 (patch)
treeeb02ffe4de6f83302cc7418e7e9a79349dcf6789 /libexec/rlogind
parentdebcc07b3a783cc266d834911f64c8c6310602e9 (diff)
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Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/rlogind')
-rw-r--r--libexec/rlogind/rlogind.818
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/rlogind/rlogind.8 b/libexec/rlogind/rlogind.8
index 8a240e9..cd8d6fd 100644
--- a/libexec/rlogind/rlogind.8
+++ b/libexec/rlogind/rlogind.8
@@ -46,14 +46,16 @@ The
.Nm
utility is the server for the
.Xr rlogin 1
-program. The server provides a remote login facility
+program.
+The server provides a remote login facility
with authentication based on privileged port numbers from trusted hosts.
.Pp
Options supported by
.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl D
-Set TCP_NODELAY socket option. This improves responsiveness at the expense of
+Set TCP_NODELAY socket option.
+This improves responsiveness at the expense of
some additional network traffic.
.It Fl a
Ask hostname for verification.
@@ -75,7 +77,8 @@ Enable vacuous mode.
Enable
.Tn DES
encryption for all data passed via the rlogin
-session. This may impact response time
+session.
+This may impact response time
and
.Tn CPU
utilization, but provides increased security.
@@ -139,13 +142,15 @@ The parent of the login process manipulates the master side of
the pseudo terminal, operating as an intermediary
between the login process and the client instance of the
.Xr rlogin 1
-program. In normal operation, the packet protocol described
+program.
+In normal operation, the packet protocol described
in
.Xr pty 4
is invoked to provide
.Ql ^S/^Q
type facilities and propagate
-interrupt signals to the remote programs. The login process
+interrupt signals to the remote programs.
+The login process
propagates the client terminal's baud rate and terminal type,
as found in the environment variable,
.Ev TERM ;
@@ -190,7 +195,8 @@ by the server failed.
.El
.Sh BUGS
The authentication procedure used here assumes the integrity
-of each client machine and the connecting medium. This is
+of each client machine and the connecting medium.
+This is
insecure, but is useful in an
.Dq open
environment.
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