Talk:Rlogin
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environment transfer?
Hmm, I can't find it (either in the man page or RFC), but I was convinced that rlogin copied the entire client environment (not just running the .login file or .profile) into the target session - something telnet doesn't do. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:15, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- I'm not entirely sure of the terminology (which is a nice way of saying that, due to my own ignorance, I'm not sure I understood what you mean), but the Introduction to PuTTY (http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.53b/htmldoc/Chapter1.html) states the following as one of the differences between Telnet, SSH and Rlogin: "Telnet allows you to pass some settings on to the server, such as environment variables. (These control various aspects of the server's behavior. You can usually set them by entering commands into the server once you're connected, but it's easier to have Telnet do it automatically.) SSH and Rlogin do not support this. However, most modern Telnet servers don't allow it either, because it has been a constant source of security problems." Does this answer your question? -- Itai 22:30, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Super, thanks. I had things topsy-turvy - it's telnet that copies your environment (or as you say, could but usually won't). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:40, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)