4-16 IRIS OWNER’S GUIDE
SERIES 3000 Version 1.0
Workstation Administration
rlogin initiates a login on a remote host across the network. The command
takes the remote host name as an argument. For example, to log in remotely to
a host named olympus, enter this command:
rlogin olympus
login:
...
If you do not specify a command to be executed, rlogin starts a login process on
the remote host.
Like rlogin, telnet also initiates a login on a remote host across the network.
The program takes the name of the host as an argument. For example, to log
in remotely to a host named puppy, enter this command:
telnet puppy
The screen shows:
Trying...,
connected to puppy.
Escape character is ^].
login:
...
To disconnect from the host, first log out from the host. Then, exit the telnet
program. To do this, type
CTRL-]
. Typing
CTRL-]
gets the attention of the
telnet program. To the telnet> prompt, type:
quit
For more information on telnet, see telnet(1C).
Using the File Transfer Program
ftp is a program for transferring files using the ARPANET File Transfer
Protocol. Below is a brief description of some of the ftp commands. For more
information, see ftp(1C).
1. To start the ftp program, type:
ftp hostname