w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) (06/07/89)
The telnetd distributed with OSX 4.4c *still* has the bug in it which causes problems when users log in via the DDN from a TAC and then use telnet to connect to another host. When the user types a carriage return it is sent to the distant host as a line feed. In addition to that, when network users are in network binary mode, telnetd appends a 0x00 after every 0x0d, which really messes up binary file transfer programs such as Xmodem and Zmodem. This problem was fixed by UCB over a year an a half ago but hasn't made it into Pyramid's OSX. I have worked on the pubically distributable UCB 4.3-tahoe version of telnetd to get it to compile on the Pyramid-98x and it almost works. One step remains to be done - the required log entry in /etc/utmp and proper reading of /etc/gettytab. There are apparently some differences in the file structures of those two files compared to generic UCB 4.3-tahoe. I'd like to find someone who will help finish this port so we can all have a properly working telnetd. --Keith Petersen w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil w8sdz@tacom-pyramid-98xe.arpa
w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) (06/07/89)
The telnetd distributed with OSX 4.4c *still* has the bug in it which causes problems when users log in via the DDN from a TAC and then use telnet to connect to another host. When the user types a carriage return it is sent to the distant host as a line feed. In addition to that, when network users are in network binary mode, telnetd appends a 0x00 after every 0x0d, which really messes up binary file transfer programs such as Xmodem and Zmodem. This problem was fixed by UCB over a year an a half ago but hasn't made it into Pyramid's OSX. I have worked on the pubically distributable UCB 4.3-tahoe version of telnetd to get it to compile on the Pyramid-98x and it almost works. One step remains to be done - the required log entry in /etc/utmp and proper reading of /etc/gettytab. There are apparently some differences in the file structures of those two files compared to generic UCB 4.3-tahoe. I'd like to find someone who will help finish this port so we can all have a properly working telnetd. --Keith Petersenw8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil w8wdz@tacom-pyramid-98xe.arpa