[comp.unix.ultrix] Ultrix 4.1 telnetd login bug

D. Allen [CGL]" <idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu> (02/09/91)

If you use the %t and %d escapes in your gettytab banner, getty will
expand them but telnetd won't.  Use telnet to connect and you see:

    DECsystem 5400 (yourhost %t)
    Ultrix V4.1 (Rev. 52)
    %d
    login:

This has been broken since at least Ultrix 3.0.
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