Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 18:00:02 -0700 (PDT) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: docs/1383: ppp(8) man page suggests using shell script for login shell Message-ID: <199607150100.SAA23625@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/1383; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To: marcs@worldgate.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/1383: ppp(8) man page suggests using shell script for login shell
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 02:50:26 +0200 (MET DST)
As marcs@worldgate.com wrote:
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/sbin/ppp -direct
> telnet> environ define ENV /etc/shells
> telnet> environ export ENV
> telnet> open destination
> Trying 192.168.0.1...
> Connected to destination.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> FreeBSD (destination) (ttyp0)
>
> login: user
> Password:
> Last login: Sun Jul 14 17:27:16 from source
> Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
> The Regents of the University of California. All rights
> reserved.
>
> Cannot fork
> $
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The user now has a shell.
${ENV} and the missing -f option seems to be one of the biggest
mistakes of the Korn shell. The simple .cshrc and csh -f, more than
10 years old, still look much more convenient.
Seems like Dave Korn suffered from severe NIH.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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