llogin - Connect to a LAT service
llogin [options] service
Options:
[-dvcpblhQ] [-H node] [-R port] [-n name] [-w password | -W] [-q quit
char]
llogin connects your terminal to a LAT service via latd, the
service name must be known to latd for this to work.
- -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.