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1.1     ! root        1: .pa 1
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        !             4: NAME           login  --  sign onto UNIX
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        !             7: SYNOPSIS       login_____  [ username [ password ] ]
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        !            10: DESCRIPTION    The login_____ command
        !            11: is used when a user initially
        !            12: signs onto UNIX, or it may be used at any time to change
        !            13: from one user to another.
        !            14: The latter case is the one summarized above and
        !            15: described here.
        !            16: See login_____ (VII) for how to dial up initially.
        !            17: 
        !            18: If login_____ is invoked without an argument,
        !            19: it will ask for a user name, and, if
        !            20: appropriate, a password.
        !            21: Echoing is turned off (if possible) during the typing of the password,
        !            22: so it will not appear on the written record of the
        !            23: session.
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        !            25: After a successful login,
        !            26: accounting files are updated and
        !            27: the user is informed of the
        !            28: existence of mailbox
        !            29: and message-of-the-day files.
        !            30: 
        !            31: Login is recognized by the Shell
        !            32: and executed directly (without forking).
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        !            35: FILES          /tmp/utmp       accounting
        !            36: .br
        !            37: /tmp/wtmp      accounting
        !            38: .br
        !            39: mailbox                mail
        !            40: .br
        !            41: /etc/motd      message-of-the-day
        !            42: /etc/passwd    password file
        !            43: .sp
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        !            45: SEE ALSO       login(VII), init(VII), getty(VII), mail(I)
        !            46: .sp
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        !            48: DIAGNOSTICS    "login incorrect",
        !            49: if the name or the password is bad.
        !            50: "No Shell,", "cannot open password file," "no directory:"
        !            51: consult a UNIX programming councilor.
        !            52: .sp
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        !            54: BUGS           --

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