NAME¶
llogin - Connect to a LAT service
SYNOPSIS¶
llogin [options] service
Options:
[-dvcpblhQ] [-H node] [-R port] [-n name] [-w password | -W] [-q quit char]
DESCRIPTION¶
llogin connects your terminal to a LAT service via latd, the service name must
be known to latd for this to work.
OPTIONS¶
- -d
- Shows learned services. This is the same as latcp -d
-l
- -d -v
- Verbose form of -d. -v without -d is ignored.
- -H <node>
- Remote nodename. If the service is advertised by more than
one node and you want to connect to a particular node then use this
switch. By default you will be connected to the node with the highest
rating.
- -R <port>
- Connect to a specific port on (usually) a terminal server.
This is the port NAME on the server and not the port number.
- -c
- Do not convert typed LF to CR. By default the enter key
generates LF and llogin converts it CR as it is the most generically
useful translation. This switch will cause the enter key to send LF
instead. Occasionally useful for connecting to Unix consoles.
- -b
- Convert typed DEL to BS. By default the DEL key (keyboard,
top right usually) send DEL (ASCII 0x7f) to the remote system. This switch
will cause the DEL key to send BS (ASCII 8) instead. Useful for some Unix
systems connected via terminal servers.
- -l
- Convert output LF to VT. By default LF output is sent as
CRLF which can cause output formatting problems. Changing this to VT
should preserve the output formatting on most devices or terminal
emulators.
- -q <char>
- Change the quit character. By default CTRL-] will quit the
terminal session. Entering a character after -q will cause
CTRL-<char> to be the quit character for that session. -q0 will
disable the quit character. If you use the latter, make sure you are
connecting to a service that will disconnect you when you log out or you
will have to kill llogin from another session to get out of it!
- -Q
- Tells latd that the service you are connecting to is queued
service and not a normal login service or port service. Unfortunately latd
cannot tell whether a remote service needs to be queued or not so the onus
is on the user to specify this switch when connecting to a queued
service.
- -n <name>
- Sets the local connection name. By default this will be
your local TTY name. In most cases this simply affects the display of the
terminal on the remote end so you shouldn't need to change it.
- -w <password>
- Sends the password for the service. Only needed for
services that require a password for access. If the password given is
"-" then you will be prompted for a password and it will not be
echoed. This avoids having passwords visible on the screen.
- -W
- Prompts for the service password. This is the same as -w-
(see above).
- -p
- Tells llogin to connect to the device named instead of a
LAT service. This would usually be a /dev/lat pseudo-terminal but could be
any other device you like really. This switch does not make the program
useful as a terminal program because there is no way to set any serial
parameters, nor am I going to add them. This is just a convenient way to
use the /dev/lat ports without the overhead of programs such as
minicom.
- -h
- Displays a brief usage description. This is the same as
invoking llogin without any parameters at all.
SEE ALSO¶
latcp(8),
latd(8)