Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:33:41 +0100 From: Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ftp client goes "Wuff, Wuff!!" Message-ID: <E10s41d-000DP9-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> In-Reply-To: "Dan Langille"'s message of "Thu, 10 Jun 1999 23:35:18 %2B1200" <19990610113807.ELTX93999.mta1-rme@wocker>
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On 10 June 1999, "Dan Langille" proclaimed: > On 10 Jun 99, at 12:35, Dom Mitchell wrote: > > On 10 June 1999, "Dan Langille" proclaimed: > > > When running ftp last night, I pressed down arrow. And I saw: > > > > > > Wuff, Wuff!! > > > > > > appear, then disappear. GRIN. > > > > > > # uname -a > > > FreeBSD ns.freebsddiary.cx 3.1-STABLE FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE #0: Wed Mar 3 > > > 21:11:33 NZDT 1999 > > > root@myname.my.domain:/usr/src/sys/compile/IPFILTER3 i386 > > > > > > But only from one telnet session. I have no idea why I couldn't get > > > this from another session. Nor would it work under 2.2.8. > > > > Are you sure that you weren't inside screen(1)? If you were (and you > > dislike that message), then try doing "^A:nethack off". > > Nope. No screen involved. I was su'd to root at the time. su'ing to root makes no difference. If there was a screen *anywhere* in between your keyboard and that session, screen would still have interpreted the ^G and gone "Wuff, Wuff!!". I'm being a bit OTT about this, because I can really think about no other way in which it could have happened... FWIW, let's try a grep on /usr/src: % find /usr/src -type f | xargs egrep "Wuff, Wuff" % Nowt. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "Always think very hard before messing with TCP. And then don't." -- MC -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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