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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
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                     45: SEE ALSO       login(VII), init(VII), getty(VII), mail(I)
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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.
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                     54: BUGS           --

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