login Command

NAME

       login - sign on

SYNOPSIS

       login [ name ]

       login -p

       login -h hostname

       login -f name

DESCRIPTION

       login is used when signing onto a system. If an argument is not given, login prompts for the username. If  the  user  is not root, and if /etc/nologin exists, the contents of this file are printed to the

screen, and the login is terminated.  This is  typically  used  to  prevent  logins when the system is being taken down. If  special  access  restrictions  are  specified  for  the   user   in /etc/usertty,  these  must be met, or the log in attempt will be denied.

OPTIONS

       -p     Used by getty(8) to tell login not to destroy the environment

       -f     Used to skip a second login authentication.   This  specifically does  not  work for root, and does not appear to work well under Linux.

       -h     Used by other servers (i.e., telnetd(8)) to pass the name of the remote  host to login so that it may be placed in utmp and wtmp. Only the superuser may use this option. Note that the -h option has impact on the PAM service name.  The standard service name is "login", with the -h option the name is "remote". It’s necessary to create a  proper  PAM  config  files (e.g.  /etc/pam.d/login and /etc/pam.d/remote ).