| exit | S |
| Terminates a shell (and logs you out if it was a login shell). | |
| rdesktop [options] server[:port] | P |
| Remote Desktop Protocol client. Allows access to Windows machines. You can specify the options -u user and -d domain for authentication. With option -r device remote devices can be accessed. Access to the centrally provided terminal servers is possible after registration for that service (ask for the terminal server name) using e.g. {rdesktop} -d win -a 16 -z -g 90\% \ -r disk:afshome=${HOME} terminal_server_name | |
| screen [-d [pid.]tty[.host]] [-r [pid.]tty[.host]] | |
| A screen manager that allows for multiple processes (sessions) within a single terminal (window). Sessions can be detached (-d) from a running screen command and reattached (-r) in another screen. | |
| ssh [-v[vv]xXY] [-l user] host [command] | |
| Secure shell client. Remote login to host or execute a command on a remote host (optionally as a different user). X11 tunneling is on by default, can be switched off (-x), forced (-X) or trusted X11 forwarding can be enabled (-Y). In case of problems study the output generated with -vvv. | |
| su [-c command] [-s shell] [-] [user [arg[s]]] | |
| Run a shell with substitute user and group IDs. The AFS permissions remain however the same and may have undesired side effects. Make the shell a login shell with option - | Documentation |