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Date:      Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:16:41 -0600
From:      Robin Damm <robin@damm.ca>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with TermCap
Message-ID:  <20030315231641.GA52259@h24-82-238-48.bad.dog>
In-Reply-To: <006a01c2eb41$0c9f6710$0307a8c0@VCHIT2>
References:  <006a01c2eb41$0c9f6710$0307a8c0@VCHIT2>

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On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 10:20:13PM -0000, Richard Brumpton wrote:
> Accidently, I delted the /usr/misc/share/termcap file.
> I grabbed the termcap.small from freebsd.org (only one I could find) and
> installed it and then ran the cap_mkdb util.
> 
> The console seems to be ok, but when I telnet in or ssh into the system I
> get an error.
> 
> Telnet says cannot read termcap database, using dumb terminal settings and
> ssh says csh: cannot open etc/termcap
> 
> Etc/termcap is a symbolic link to /usr/misc/share/termcap.
> 
> I am sure it is something simple I have missed, but would appreciate help

Only console terminals are listed in termcap.small, hence the error
when using ssh.

Provided you have the sources installed, the following should get
termcap installed as before.

# cd /usr/src/share/termcap
# make install
 
-- 
Robin Damm <robin@damm.ca>

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