specified, the connection is made to the local host
instead. This works similar to <command>login</command> but
immediately invokes a user process. This command runs the
- specified executable with the specified arguments, or
- <filename>/bin/sh</filename> if none is specified. By default,
- opens a <literal>root</literal> shell, but by using
+ specified executable with the specified arguments, or the
+ default shell for the user if none is specified, or
+ <filename>/bin/sh</filename> if no default shell is found. By default,
<option>--uid=</option>, or by prefixing the machine name with
a username and an <literal>@</literal> character, a different
user may be selected. Use <option>--setenv=</option> to set