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From: brian@cygnus.la.locus.com (Brian D. Horn)
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Subject: Re: Telnet negotiation - Not a defect: a feature!
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Date: 13 Oct 90 17:48:48 GMT
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In article <1990Oct12.171007.14012@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) writes:
>environment variable. Unfortunately, IBM has decided that the /bin/login,
>which executes after telnetd is done, look up the terminal type in
>/etc/ports and kludge whatever telnetd has set. This makes the implementing
>RFC 1091 absolutely useless.

	Unfortunately I have no ready access to an RS/6000, but both
AIX/370 and AIX/PS/2 DO correctly implement terminal type negotiation in
telnet.  If the RS/6000 does not it is a BUG and should be fixed.  If the
IBM service rep gives you grief, point out that the 6000 is family
incompatible in this respect.