LLOGIN(1)

📦 version 1.35, in ubuntu jammy

💖 LLOGIN(1) — like, the manual page, bestie 💖

General Commands Manual ✨ LAT utilities

okay so you wanna talk to a LAT service? say less, this is the whole vibe 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

llogin — connect to a LAT service 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

llogin [options] service
Options:
[-dvcpblhQ] [-H node] [-R port] [-n name] [-w password | -W] [-q quit
char]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So llogin hooks your terminal up to a LAT service via latd, and the tea is: the service name has to already be known to latd or this whole thing just does not work. no cap. 💀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -d — shows you the learned services. literally the exact same thing as running latcp -d -l. 👑
  • -d -v — the verbose version of -d. and just so we're clear: -v on its own without -d is ignored. it's giving nothing on its own fr. 🙈
  • -H <node> — sets the remote nodename. if more than one node is advertising the service and you're like "no, I want that one", this is the switch. by default you get connected to the node with the highest rating, which is the main character node I guess. ⭐
  • -R <port> — connect to a specific port on (usually) a terminal server. and bestie, this is the port NAME on the server, not the port number. do not come at it with digits. 😭
  • -c — stops the conversion of typed LF to CR. by default the enter key makes LF and llogin converts it to CR, because that's the most generically useful translation. this switch makes enter send LF instead. occasionally useful for connecting to Unix consoles. lowkey niche but okay. 🌸
  • -b — converts typed DEL to BS. by default the DEL key (keyboard, top right, you know the one) sends DEL (ASCII 0x7f) to the remote system. this switch makes the DEL key send BS (ASCII 8) instead. useful for some Unix systems connected via terminal servers. 💜
  • -l — converts output LF to VT. by default LF output is sent as CRLF which can cause output formatting problems. changing this to VT should preserve the output formatting on most devices or terminal emulators. slay for your eyeballs basically. ✨
  • -q <char> — changes the quit character. by default CTRL-] will quit the terminal session. entering a character after -q makes CTRL-<char> the quit character for that session. and -q0 will disable the quit character entirely.
⚠️ okay if you use -q0, please make sure you're connecting to a service that will disconnect you when you log out, or you'll have to kill llogin from another session to get out of it. that's not a vibe, that's a hostage situation. 💀
  • -Q — tells latd that the service you're connecting to is a queued service, not a normal login service or port service. unfortunately latd cannot tell whether a remote service needs to be queued or not, so the onus is on you to specify this switch when connecting to a queued service. it's giving "you had one job" but the job is yours. 🫶
  • -n <name> — sets the local connection name. by default this is your local TTY name. in most cases this just affects how the terminal is displayed on the remote end so you shouldn't need to change it. honestly leave it. 🙈
  • -w <password> — sends the password for the service. only needed for services that require a password for access. if the password given is - then you'll be prompted for a password and it won't be echoed. this avoids having passwords visible on the screen. queen behavior honestly. 👑
  • -W — prompts for the service password. this is the same as -w- (see above). 💖
  • -p — tells llogin to connect to the device named instead of a LAT service. this would usually be a /dev/lat pseudo-terminal but could be any other device you like really, live your truth. this switch does not make the program useful as a terminal program because there is no way to set any serial parameters, nor is the author going to add them. this is just a convenient way to use the /dev/lat ports without the overhead of programs such as minicom. iconic honesty tbh. 💅
  • -h — displays a brief usage description. this is the same as invoking llogin without any parameters at all. the "just tell me what's up" move. 🌈

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

latcp(8), latd(8)

and that's the whole page bestie, go forth and connect ✨

LAT utilities · January 3 2002 — yeah she's an elder but she still ate 💖🦋👑

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