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@(#)netlogin.1 6.1 (Berkeley) 04/29/85
or (to the default Version 7 ``Bourne'' shell)
MACHmachine=\(ganetlogin -m machine\(ga; export MACHmachineto his login shell. (Note the back-quotes). For example,
setenv MACHA `netlogin -m A`will prompt the user for his login name and password on the A machine and
setenv MACHA `netlogin -m A -l myname`will prompt the user for the password to account `A:myname'.
The net (\*s) command will read the environment looking for environment variables beginning with ``MACH'' and followed by a valid machine name on the local network. If found it will use that information rather than prompt the user every time he executes a network command. This environment information is ignored if login names and passwords are specified on the command line of network commands using the -l and -p options or in the .netrc file.
This procedure for specifying passwords is somewhat safer than putting the remote passwords in the .netrc file. The passwords in the environment are encrypted and the environment information is useless after the user logs out. Use the printenv (\*o) command to see the encrypted password.