Something went wrong in the last commit... Instead fixing markup issues, *login* went to an empty **.
== DESCRIPTION
-** is used when signing onto a system. If no argument is given, ** prompts for the username.
+*login* is used when signing onto a system. If no argument is given, ** prompts for the username.
-The user is then prompted for a password, where appropriate. Echoing is disabled to prevent revealing the password. Only a number of password failures are permitted before ** exits and the communications link is severed. See *_RETRIES* in the *CONFIG FILE ITEMS* section.
+The user is then prompted for a password, where appropriate. Echoing is disabled to prevent revealing the password. Only a number of password failures are permitted before *login* exits and the communications link is severed. See *LOGIN_RETRIES* in the *CONFIG FILE ITEMS* section.
If password aging has been enabled for the account, the user may be prompted for a new password before proceeding. In such case old password must be provided and the new password entered before continuing. Please refer to *passwd*(1) for more information.