NAME

       xrlogin - start an xterm that uses ssh (or optionally rlogin or telnet) to connect to a remote host

SYNOPSIS

       xrlogin [-l username] [-rlogin|-telnet] [xterm options] remote-host

DESCRIPTION

       Xrlogin opens an xterm window and runs ssh, rlogin or telnet to login to a remote host.

       Xrlogin  automatically passes the -name argument to xterm with a value of "xterm-hostname" where hostname
       is the name of the remote host.  This allows the user to specify resources  in  their  server's  resource
       manager  which  are  specific to xterms from a given host.  For example, this feature can be used to make
       all xterm windows to a given remote host be the same color or use a  specific  font  or  start  up  in  a
       specific place on the screen.  Xrsh(1) passes the same string so they are compatible in this regard.

       Xrlogin  specifies that the default title for the new xterm will be "hostname" where hostname is the name
       of the remote host.  This and the -name argument above  can  be  overridden  with  xterm-options  on  the
       command line.

       One  could  also  use xrlogin's sister command xrsh(1) to open a window to a remote host.  In the case of
       xrsh, the xterm would run on the remote host and use X as the connection protocol while xrlogin would run
       the xterm on the local host and use rlogin or telnet as the  connection  protocol.   See  xrsh(1)  for  a
       discussion of the merits of each scheme.

OPTIONS

       -l username
              When not using -telnet, use username as the id to login to the remote host.

       -rlogin
              Use  the rlogin protocol to open the connection.  In general rlogin is preferred because it can be
              configured to not prompt the user for a password.  Rlogin  also  automatically  propagates  window
              size change signals (SIGWINCH) to the remote host so that applications running there will learn of
              a new window size.

       -telnet
              Use  the  -telnet  protocol  to  open the connection. Use of telnet provided mostly for hosts that
              don't support rlogin.

COMMON PROBLEMS

       Make sure that the local host is specified in the .rhosts file on the remote host or in the remote  hosts
       /etc/hosts.equiv file.  See rlogin(1) for more information.

EXAMPLES

       xrlogin -bg red yoda
              Start a local red xterm which connects to the remote host yoda using rlogin.

       xrlogin -telnet c70
              Open a local xterm which connects to the remote host c70 using telnet.

SEE ALSO

       xrsh(1), rlogin(1), telnet(1)

AUTHOR

       James J. Dempsey <jjd@jjd.com> and Stephen Gildea <gildea@intouchsys.com>.

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