Linux and Unix rlogin command
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Short for remote login, rlogin establishes a remote connection from your terminal to a remote machine.
rlogin [-8] [-E] [-L] [-ec] [ -l username ] hostname
| -8 | Pass eight-bit data across the net instead of seven-bit data. |
| -E | Stop any character from being recognized as an escape character. |
| -L | Allow the rlogin session to be run in "litout" mode. |
| -ec | Specify a different escape character, c, for the line used to disconnect from the remote host. |
| -l username | Specify a different username for the remote login. If you do not use this option, the remote username used is the same as your local username. |
| hostname | The remote machine on which rlogin establishes the remote login session. |
rlogin -l hope domain.com
would login as user hope to the domain domain.com.