4BSD/usr/man/cat1/netlogin.1

NETLOGIN(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	      NETLOGIN(1)



NAME
     netlogin -	provide	login name and password	for a remote
     machine

SYNOPSIS
     netlogin -m machine [ -l login ]

DESCRIPTION
     The _n_e_t_l_o_g_i_n command sets the login name and password for
     the specified _m_a_c_h_i_n_e in a	rather unusual way.  The user
     should type (to the C shell)

	  setenv MACH_m_a_c_h_i_n_e `netlogin -m _m_a_c_h_i_n_e`

     or	(to the	default	Version	7 ``Bourne'' shell)

	  MACH_m_a_c_h_i_n_e=`netlogin	-m _m_a_c_h_i_n_e`; export MACH_m_a_c_h_i_n_e

     to	his login shell.  (Note	the back-quotes).  For example,

	  setenv MACHA `netlogin -m A`

     will prompt the user for his login	name and password on the
     A machine and

	  setenv MACHA `netlogin -m A -l myname`

     will prompt the user for the password to account `A:myname'.

     The _n_e_t(1)	command	will read the environment looking for
     environment variables beginning with ``MACH'' and followed
     by	a valid	machine	name on	the local network.  If found it
     will use that information rather than prompt the user every
     time he executes a	network	command.  This environment infor-
     mation is ignored if login	names and passwords are	specified
     on	the command line of network commands using the -l and -p
     options or	in the ._n_e_t_r_c file.

     This procedure for	specifying passwords is	somewhat safer
     than putting the remote passwords in the ._n_e_t_r_c file.  The
     passwords in the environment are encrypted	and the	environ-
     ment information is useless after the user	logs out.  Use
     the _p_r_i_n_t_e_n_v(1) command to	see the	encrypted password.

AUTHOR
     Eric Schmidt

SEE ALSO
     net(1), netrm(1), netq(1),	netlog(1), netcp(1), netlpr(1),
     netmail(1), printenv(1), csh(1)





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