Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 16:22:54 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: mgrommet@insolwwb.net (Mike Grommet) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Clear command locks up telnet window? Message-ID: <199805272022.QAA27498@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <00dc01bd893c$a358f0c0$0cf896d0@work1.insolwwb.net> from Mike Grommet at "May 27, 98 01:56:56 am"
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Mike Grommet wrote:
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> Greets.
>
> we are setting up a down stream isp using freebsd and we've got everything
> talking to each other just peachy.
>
> When I telnet into their server, I log in just fine.
> I can ls, more, any generic unix command... take your pick, but
> once I do a clear command, it locks up the telnet session. I can re-telnet
> back in
> and such
> but this makes life really bad because I cant use pico or vi to edit config
> files there.
>
>
> HELP?
>
Here's an all-round wild guess: the clear command is making telnet
think it's been escaped. Try using 8-bit clean, no-escape-char
switches on your telnet client, namely:
telnet -E8 downstream.host
Maybe just the -L switch will work.
Dave
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