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        !             3: login                        Command                        login
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        !             8: Log in or change user name
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        !            10: llooggiinn [_u_s_e_r_n_a_m_e]
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        !            12: The COHERENT system normally invokes  login as part of the log in
        !            13: sequence on  an unused terminal.  The user  may also invoke login
        !            14: directly from the shell sh, usually to change to a different user
        !            15: name.  If  username is not  present, login prompts  the user.  If
        !            16: the account has a password, login asks for it.
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        !            18: If  the user  logs  in successfully,  login then  reads the  file
        !            19: /etc/motd (which holds the ``message of the day'') and prints its
        !            20: contents  on  the screen,   then  notifies the  user  if mail  is
        !            21: waiting to  be read.  It  then sets the working  directory to the
        !            22: user's base  directory and sets the user id  and group id, trans-
        !            23: fers ownership of the tty to  the user, and updates the login ac-
        !            24: counting   file.   Finally,   if  a   program  is   specified  in
        !            25: /etc/passwd, login  reads /etc/profile for  lines beginning ``ex-
        !            26: port'', inserts  the remainder of the  line into the environment,
        !            27: then  executes the  specified program.  If  the program  field is
        !            28: blank,  login  executes   sh,  which  executes  the  contents  of
        !            29: $HOME/.profile if it is present.
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        !            31: From the shell, a user may log in by typing login or by typing an
        !            32: end of file (normally <ctrl-D>) to terminate the previous shell.
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        !            34: When the superuser rroooott logs in, login sets HHOOMMEE to `/' and reads
        !            35: the file /.profile should one exist.
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        !            37: ***** Files *****
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        !            39: /eettcc/llooggmmssgg -- Login message (default, ``Coherent login:'')
        !            40: /eettcc/ppaasssswwdd -- User information
        !            41: /eettcc/pprrooffiillee -- System profile
        !            42: /eettcc/mmoottdd -- Message of the day
        !            43: /eettcc/uuttmmpp -- Users currently using system
        !            44: /uussrr/aaddmm/wwttmmpp -- Login accounting history
        !            45: /uussrr/aaddmm/ffaaiilleedd -- Log of failed login attempts
        !            46: $HHOOMMEE/.pprrooffiillee -- User profile
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        !            48: ***** See Also *****
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        !            50: ac, commands, getty, sh, su, utmp.h
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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