Xlogin(1)

💖 Xlogin(1) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Xlogin page — this is from the 3rd Berkeley Distribution crowd, it's Xlogin(1), and it's literally all about starting a remote xterm for you. sit down, grab a lil snack 🍓, and let's get into it.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

xlogin [-iconic][-s] host [host ...]

that's the whole vibe. one flag or two, then a host — or like, several hosts, go off 👑

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the script xlogin will start a remote xterm from host for a session on the remote host. that's the entire main character job, no cap.

and heyyy, quick side note: if what you actually want is a local xterm with a remote shell, that's a whole different girlie — go see xtelnet(1) instead 🙈

if it's necessary, xlogin uses the rsh(1) command to set up the remote Xauthority environment (peep xauth(1) for that one). and the way that this works? it happens before any remote xterm(1) gets called. every single time. okayur 💅

🎀 General Options 🎀

• -i, -iconic — this one makes xlogin start the remote xterm(1) as an icon. lowkey humble of it, tbh 🫶
• -s — this option says xlogin should use the secure shell ssh(1) instead of the common remote shell rsh(1). so bestie, you should have already set up your local ssh(1) environment — for the full description go read ssh(1). also note: the remote host needs a configured sshd(8) environment too (yes, both sides, it's giving teamwork 🌈). and of course your local host should be allowed as an ssh(1) client on the remote system. no invite, no entry, periodt.

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🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

xlogin localhost

iconic. short. slays. 💅

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🦋 ENVIRONMENT 🦋

Xlogin will use the value of the environment variabel XLOGINRSH instead of the remote shell rsh(1). (yes it says "variabel" — we don't fix, we don't touch, we respect the original ✨)

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🌟 FILES 🌟

• /usr/X11R6/bin/xlogin

there she is. that's the path. 🎀

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Werner Fink <werner@suse.de> — thank you king, we love you 🫶

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

xtelnet(1), rsh(1), ssh(1), sshd(8), xterm(1), xauth(1), Xsecurity(3), md5sum(1).

go read them all, iykyk 📚✨

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ngl bestie, quick reminder: the -s route means you have to have your local ssh(1) environment set up, the remote host needs its sshd(8) setup done, and your local host has to be allowed as an ssh(1) client over there. all three, or it's not gonna be a slay 😭

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🌸 okay that's the whole page!! this one came from the 3rd Berkeley Distribution, dated January 22, 1997, and it's Xlogin(1) — love that for us. mwah, bye bestie 💖💅🎀