From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 16 13:23: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1B2237B400 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:23:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D91A43E65 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:23:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) id g7GKN3bT090847; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:23:03 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:23:03 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Javier Frias Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet client environ bug?? $USER variable? Message-ID: <20020816202303.GD74231@dan.emsphone.com> References: <1029526732.1067.24.camel@lappy.jfns.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1029526732.1067.24.camel@lappy.jfns.net> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In the last episode (Aug 16), Javier Frias said: > Am having an issue connecting using the base telnet client to the > solaris telnet daemon. The default behavior of telnet is not to send > the $USER vairable over to the remote system unless specified, but > the freebsd client is still sending it regardless of the options or > lack-thereof. Is this a bug someone has experienced, I'm having the > issue with the freebsd 4.6 patch level 10. I know. One of the first things I do on a new install is recompile telnet with that disabled. A workaround is to use the -K option, which disables autologin. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message