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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-16 12:33:14 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-16 12:33:14 +0000
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Do not repeat option name in its definition. Use .Nm. In the sequence ``~.'',
``.'' is not a sentence termination, it must be escaped to be put inside quotes. Abort if execv() fails by adding err(). Do not dot terminate error messages.
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@@ -59,84 +59,68 @@ first attempts to use the Kerberos authorization mechanism, described below.
If the remote host does not support Kerberos the standard Berkeley
.Pa rhosts
authorization mechanism is used.
-The options are as follows:
+.Pp
+The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It Fl 4
Use IPv4 addresses only.
.It Fl 6
Use IPv6 addresses only.
.It Fl 8
-The
-.Fl 8
-option allows an eight-bit input data path at all times; otherwise
+Allow an eight-bit input data path at all times; otherwise
parity bits are stripped except when the remote side's stop and start
characters are other than
^S/^Q.
.It Fl D
-The
-.Fl D
-option sets the TCP_NODELAY socket option which can improve interactive response
+Set the TCP_NODELAY socket option which can improve interactive response
at the expense of increased network load.
.It Fl E
-The
-.Fl E
-option stops any character from being recognized as an escape character.
+Stop any character from being recognized as an escape character.
When used with the
.Fl 8
option, this provides a completely transparent connection.
.It Fl K
-The
-.Fl K
-option turns off all Kerberos authentication.
+Turn off all Kerberos authentication.
.It Fl L
-The
-.Fl L
-option allows the rlogin session to be run in
+Allow the
+.Nm
+session to be run in
.Dq litout
(see
.Xr tty 4 )
mode.
.It Fl d
-The
-.Fl d
-option turns on socket debugging (see
+Turn on socket debugging (see
.Xr setsockopt 2 )
on the TCP sockets used for communication with the remote host.
.It Fl e
-The
-.Fl e
-option allows user specification of the escape character, which is
+Allow user specification of the escape character, which is
.Dq ~
by default.
This specification may be as a literal character, or as an octal
value in the form \ennn.
.It Fl i
-The
-.Fl i
-option allows the caller to specify a different local name to be used
+Allow the caller to specify a different local name to be used
for authentication. This option is restricted to processes with uid 0.
.It Fl k
-The
-.Fl k
-option requests rlogin to obtain tickets for the remote host
+Request
+.Nm
+to obtain tickets for the remote host
in realm
.Ar realm
instead of the remote host's realm as determined by
.Xr krb_realmofhost 3 .
.It Fl l
-The
-.Fl l
-option specifies a different
+Specify a different
.Ar username
for the remote login.
If this option is not specified, your local username will be used.
.It Fl x
-The
-.Fl x
-option turns on
+Turn on
.Tn DES
encryption for all data passed via the
-rlogin session.
+.Nm
+session.
This may impact response time and
.Tn CPU
utilization, but provides
@@ -144,7 +128,7 @@ increased security.
.El
.Pp
A line of the form
-.Dq Aq escape char .
+.Dq Ao escape char Ac Ns \&.
disconnects from the remote host.
Similarly, the line
.Dq Ao escape char Ac Ns ^Z
@@ -153,7 +137,9 @@ will suspend the
session, and
.Dq Ao escape\ char Ac Ns Ao delayed-suspend\ char Ac
suspends the
-send portion of the rlogin, but allows output from the remote system.
+send portion of the
+.Nm
+session, but allows output from the remote system.
By default, the tilde
.Pq Dq ~
character is the escape character, and
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