Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 07:44:57 -0500 From: Mike Karels <mike@karels.net> To: Gregory Byshenk <freebsd@byshenk.net> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 24e1824e4646 - main - Deprecate telnet daemon Message-ID: <FE029833-BB8D-4831-A707-891AD0DB518E@karels.net> In-Reply-To: <YyxRqBdFfg1in/nO@v1.leiden.byshenk.net> References: <202209211517.28LFHkoJ089471@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <20220921163951.17C77AC@slippy.cwsent.com> <8EC34FC3-F299-4B03-AD4E-83D062D0E9F6@karels.net> <Yyt%2BEOM/Bnth88Xv@FreeBSD.org> <5c162710def7eb94c032dfab73e9560e@lerctr.org> <6C27C573-601C-40F8-99C9-C964F9C2B3E2@karels.net> <YyxRqBdFfg1in/nO@v1.leiden.byshenk.net>
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On 22 Sep 2022, at 7:14, Gregory Byshenk wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 04:42:32PM -0500, Mike Karels wrote: > >> Ditto on the finger memory. And I tried this: >> >> mike@backup$ nc mail 25 >> 220 mail.karels.net Service ready >> helo backup.karels.net >> 500 Command missing Carriage Return >> >> telnet also accepts a service name instead of a port number (part of t= he >> finger memory). > > I understand the finger memory. Sometimes at $job I still type > 'telnet' on machines that I know do not have a telnet client. > > But a 'nc -t <hostname> <port>' should solve the problem you > show above. It does for me, in any case. It does not; the result is the same. The man page does not say anything about newline handling with -t; not sure what it is supposed to do. I also note that nc doesn=E2=80=99t pass control characters like ^D and ^C. Responding to an earlier message: telnet should remain in base, not moved to a port. Mike > -- = > gregory byshenk - freebsd@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL
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