RLOGIND(8)

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✨ rlogind — the remote login daemon bestie ✨

okay so real talk, this is the IN.RLOGIND(8) page, section 8, system administration girlies only 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

rlogind — remote login daemon 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

rlogind

that's it. no flags. no args. she just is ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so rlogind is literally the server side of the whole situation — she's the one holding it down for the rlogin(1) program 🌈 like, your fave client shows up and she's already there, ready.

what she does is give you a remote login facility, no cap. and the way she decides whether you're allowed in? two vibes:

  • authentication based on privileged port numbers coming from hosts she trusts 👑 (yes bestie, the port number IS the vibe check)
  • or, if that's not the move, she just hits you with a login prompt 🍓

that's the whole personality. iconic, honestly.

ngl this is old-school trust-based auth energy — the privileged port thing is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, so mind your network, bestie 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group 🫶 go say hi:

and that's the tea, periodt 💅✨ this one was stamped Wed, 07 May 2003 15:55:00 +0200 and she's filed under RLOGIND(8) — mwah, love that for her 🎀💖

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