rlogind(8)

rlogind8

Remote login server

Usage

rlogind [OPTION ...]

Overview

Remote login server, using PAM service 'rlogin'.

-4, --ipv4

daemon mode only accepts IPv4

-6, --ipv6

only IPv6 in daemon mode

-a, --verify-hostname

ask hostname for verification

-d, --daemon[=MAX]

daemon mode, with instance limit

-D, --debug[=LEVEL]

set debug level

-l, --no-rhosts

ignore .rhosts file

-L, --local-domain=NAME

set local domain name

-n, --no-keepalive

do not set SO_KEEPALIVE

-o, --allow-root

allow uid 0 to login, disabled by default

-p, --port=PORT

listen on given port (valid only in daemon mode)

-r, --reverse-required

require reverse resolving of a remote host IP

-?, --help

give this help list

--usage

give a short usage message

-V, --version

print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

Releases

16 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 1.1–1.2
  2. 1.3–2.1
  3. 3.1–12
  4. Arch

--allow-root since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --daemon since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --debug since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --help since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --ipv4 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --ipv6 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --local-domain since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --no-keepalive since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --no-rhosts since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --port since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --reverse-required since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --usage since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --verify-hostname since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -4 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -6 since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -? since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -D since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -L since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -V since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -a since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -d since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -l since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -n since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -o since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -p since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -r since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

-h until Debian 2.1 (Slink).

Author

Written by Alain Magloire and Sergey Poznyakoff.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From inetutils 2.8-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.