Overview
Use the rlogin command to establish a remote login session on another
workstation. Remotely logging in to a workstation is helpful under the
following circumstances:
- To access information on another
workstation that is not available otherwise.
- To access your workstation remotely
to read mail.
- To kill a process that has caused
your workstation to hang.
Figure
lists some functions that can be performed with rlogin. Figure
shows how to login to another host under your current user ID.
Specifying a Different Login ID
Use the -l option to specify a different login ID for the
remote login session.
The system administrator can set up a guest account so users can
remotely log on to a server. Figure
shows how to login remotely as another user.
| Command Format: |
| rlogin hostname
-l username |
Before attempting to remotely login to
another system as a different user, be sure you have an account on the
desired remote machine. Check with your system administrator if you do
not have an account on the remote machine. The information you will
need to know is:
- Machine name
- Login ID
- Password of the new account
Terminating a Local Process From a
Remote Machine
When your system is not responding and you do not want to reboot, you
may be able to kill a process on your system remotely by logging on to
another machine and using the rlogin
command to access your system. After successfully killing the process
that caused your system to not respond, the
exit
command will end your
rlogin
session. Figure
shows an example of terminating a process from a remote machine.
Using rlogin and pkill to Recover
From a "Hung" CDE Session
When your workstation does not appear to be responding to mouse or
keyboard input, the odds are that the problem stems from within your
CDE session as opposed to the underlying operating system itself. In
such cases, you can use another workstation to access your workstation
via rlogin
(or telnet) and then use the pkill
command to terminate the
corrupted CDE session; all without rebooting your workstation. Figure
shows how to use rlogin
and pkill
to recover from a hung CDE session. If you know your default shell,
use the first example of pkill.
If you do not know your default shell, use the second example of pkill,
which will determine and terminate all instances of your login shell
for you. Either variant will return you to the dtlogin
screen, enabling you to start a
new CDE session.
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