rxtelnet.1   [plain text]


.\" Copyright (c) 1996 - 1998, 2001 - 2002 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
.\" (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden).
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
.\" are met:
.\"
.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
.\"
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
.\"
.\" 3. Neither the name of the Institute nor the names of its contributors
.\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
.\"    without specific prior written permission.
.\"
.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTE AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INSTITUTE OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $Id$
.\"
.Dd March  7, 2004
.Dt RXTELNET 1
.Os KTH_KRB
.Sh NAME
.Nm rxtelnet
.Nd start a telnet and forward X-connections.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rxtelnet
.Op Fl l Ar username
.Op Fl k
.Op Fl t Ar telnet_args
.Op Fl x Ar xterm_args
.Op Fl K Ar kx_args
.Op Fl w Ar term_emulator
.Op Fl b Ar telnet_program
.Op Fl n
.Op Fl v
.Ar host
.Op Ar port
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program starts an
.Nm xterm
window with a telnet to host
.Ar host .
From this window you will also be able to run X clients that will be
able to connect securely to your X server. If
.Ar port
is given, that port will be used instead of the default.
.Pp
If setting up the X forwarding failes,
.Nm
will still telnet in to the remote host, but without X forwarding.
.Pp
The supported options are:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl l
Log in on the remote host as user
.Ar username .
.It Fl k
Disables keep-alives.
.It Fl t
Send
.Ar telnet_args
as arguments to
.Nm telnet .
.It Fl x
Send
.Ar xterm_args
as arguments to
.Nm xterm .
.It Fl X
Send
.Ar kx_args
as arguments to
.Nm kx .
.It Fl w
Use
.Ar term_emulator
instead of xterm.
.It Fl b
Use
.Ar telnet_program
instead of telnet.
.It Fl n
Do not start any terminal emulator.
.It Fl v
Be verbose.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLE
To login from host
.Va foo
(where your display is)
to host
.Va bar ,
you might do the following.
.Bl -enum
.It
On foo:
.Nm
.Va bar
.It
You will get a new window with a
.Nm telnet
to
.Va bar .
In this window you will be able to start X clients.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kx 1 ,
.Xr rxterm 1 ,
.Xr telnet 1 ,
.Xr tenletxr 1 ,
.Xr kxd 8