Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:22:21 -0800 (PST) From: remy@boostworks.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/26201: telnet SRA password exchange trap when no password Message-ID: <200103291622.f2TGMLN49032@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 26201 >Category: bin >Synopsis: telnet SRA password exchange trap when no password >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Mar 29 08:30:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Remy Nonnenmacher >Release: 4.2-STABLE, 4.3-RC >Organization: Boostworks >Environment: FreeBSD rn.lxlun.boostworks.com 4.3-RC FreeBSD 4.3-RC #0: Thu Mar 29 01:19:26 CEST 2001 root@rn.lxlun.boostworks.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/RN i386 >Description: When using telnet to another 4.2 or 4.3 machine to an account having no password, the SRA exchange encryption do not allow null password. This results in telnet desesperatly waiting for a password. >How-To-Repeat: - Create an account without a password - telnet to this account - try to just enter <CR> when password asked >Fix: Workarounds: a) telnet -X sra <machine> b) add 'DEFAULT auth disable SRA' in ~/.telnetrc Here is a patch again telnet.1 about the 'DEFAULT'. Can help someone else looking for the same problem: --- telnet.1.original Tue Mar 6 13:52:58 2001 +++ telnet.1 Thu Mar 29 13:53:31 2001 @@ -604,7 +604,8 @@ commands and are processed as if they had been typed in manually to the .Nm -command prompt. +command prompt. The word DEFAULT can be used to match +any machine name. .It Ic quit Close any open .Tn TELNET >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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