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author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-10-16 12:33:14 +0000 |
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committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-10-16 12:33:14 +0000 |
commit | c106559170c7a1ca903216f45e6cece165c18b01 (patch) | |
tree | ab8adda15d6c5e41ee07aaf51eae3aae065b7d88 /usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1 | |
parent | 3a88c84c050889dfcdf58a721602c40f9ae03a96 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-c106559170c7a1ca903216f45e6cece165c18b01.zip FreeBSD-src-c106559170c7a1ca903216f45e6cece165c18b01.tar.gz |
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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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1 b/usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1 index 2b15e99..4975940 100644 --- a/usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1 +++ b/usr.bin/rlogin/rlogin.1 @@ -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 |