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rlogind(8c)							   rlogind(8c)

Name
       rlogind - remote login server

Syntax
       /etc/rlogind

Description
       The server is used for the program.  The server provides a remote login
       facility with authentication based on privileged port numbers.

       The server is invoked by when it receives  a  connection	 on  the  port
       indicated in the login service specification.  For further information,
       see When a service request is received, the following protocol is  ini‐
       tiated:

       1.  The	server checks the client's source port.	 If the port is not in
	   the range 0-1023, the server aborts the connection.

       2.  The server checks the client's source address and requests the cor‐
	   responding  host  name.   If the hostname cannot be determined, the
	   dot-notation representation of the host address is used.

       Once the source port and address have been checked, allocates a	pseudo
       terminal and manipulates file descriptors so that the slave half of the
       pseudo terminal becomes the stdin,  stdout,  and	 stderr	 for  a	 login
       process.	 For further information, see

       The  login  process  is	an  instance  of the program, invoked with the
       option.	The  login  process  then  proceeds  with  the	authentication
       process	as  described  in  but	if  automatic authentication fails, it
       reprompts the user to log in on a standard terminal line.

       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	program.   In  normal  operation,  the
       packet  protocol	 described in is invoked to provide ^S/^Q type facili‐
       ties and propagate 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, TERM.   For  further  information
       see

       The screen or window size of the terminal is requested from the client,
       and any changes in the window size from the  client  are	 sent  to  the
       pseudo terminal.

Restrictions
       The  authentication  procedure  used here assumes the integrity of each
       client machine and the connecting medium.  This is insecure, but it  is
       useful in an open environment.

Diagnostics
       All  diagnostic messages are returned on the connection associated with
       the stderr, after which any network connections are closed.   An	 error
       is indicated by a leading byte with a value of 1.

       Hostname for your address unknown
       No entry in the host name database existed for the client's machine.

       Try again
       A fork by the server failed.

       /bin/sh: ...
       The user's login shell could not be started.

See Also
       rlogin(1c), inetd(8c)

								   rlogind(8c)
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