WHAT IS QRLOGIND VERSION 1.0? The qrlogind program implements a TCP/IP rlogin daemon. It is approximately as functional as the "remote" program that comes in the Microsoft Windows NT Resource Kit. Limitations: 1) It always asks for a password. 2) It is not a Microsoft Windows NT service, which means it has to be running from a command prompt window of a logged in user. (This also means that anyone logging in from over the net comes in as the use that is logged in at the console.) 3) There is no way to send End of File (^Z) to a program. 4) There is no way to kill a program with ^C remotely. WARNING: qrlogind has the same security problem as all other versions of rlogind and telnetd... i.e. when you send a password, it goes as "clear" (unencrypted) text over your network. Further, qrlogind requires you to specify the incoming password on the command line... thus both your network and your workstation must be secure or the password can be easily compromised. It is the user's responsibility to determine whether or not this poses a problem in his/her situation. Features: 1) Supports most command prompt based programs that work in a line-by-line (as opposed to full-screen) fashion. Most compilers, the "net" command, and public domain ports of Unix-based programs will likely all work via the remote connections. 2) Erase and kill processing with Backspace/Delete and . 3) Allows multiple simultaneous logins. 4) It's possibly the only game in town at the moment. Certainly it's the only free one I'm aware of. USING QRLOGIND It's easy, just launch the qrlogind program with a password as an argument. Users can then use an "rlogin" program from other hosts and will be prompted for the password. If they give the proper password, a "CMD" command prompt is presented. To stop qrlogind, it is recommended that you ^C it. This has the (probably desirable) side effect of cleaning up any stray programs you left running "in the background" from an rlogin session. COPYRIGHT AND REDISTRIBUTION INFORMATION Copyright (C) 1993,1994 Brian Sturgill, All Rights Reserved. Permission is hereby granted to distribute this package provided that all files are included unchanged in the distribution. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SUPPORT None! I doubt I've got time for much support. However if you do find a bug please drop a note to brian@cs.utah.edu and its likely (especially early on when I'm still using it) that the bug will get fixed. Requests for new features will be politely rejected. Brian Sturgill December 11, 1993 (revised February 16, 1993)