Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 00:10:13 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/telnet commands.c main.c telnet.1 Message-ID: <20010524071013.8884F380C@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200105240649.f4O6nK022109@earth.backplane.com>
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Matt Dillon wrote: > > : > :I seem to recall patches like this that were kicking around a long time > :ago... except that they also allowed telnetd to run on a unix domain socket > :and allowed a different program to be run on them. eg: run something else > :other than login(1). This was kind of bizzare but it allowed you to run > :controlled portals outside of chroot jails (as they existed years ago). I > :actually got to use them about 6 years ago on FreeBSD 2.2 and antique > :SVR4/386 systems. > : > :Cheers, > :-Peter > :-- > :Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au > > Bizarre... but how about giving inetd the capability to sit on a > unix domain socket? Now *that* would be interesting. In my case, it was kinda bizzare as it was using linemode etc when possible. Yes, inetd would be the logical better place, but I fear going near that bloated pig^H^H^H^H^H^H^H uhh... "opaque" code. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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