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From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
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Subject: Re: Where does TERM get set for Telnet logins.
Summary: check tset(1)
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Date: 17 Dec 90 18:06:25 GMT
References: <1990Dec17.034330.27909@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>
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In article <1990Dec17.034330.27909@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>, russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u) writes:
>...
> In the mean time I need a way of telling telnetd what the default terminal
> type to use. 


"tset" might be useful, as in "eval `tset -s -Q`" somewhere in a .login file.
The shipped /.login contains an example.  Notice that /etc/ttytypes can
contain "ttyq*" just as easily as "ttyd*".  Tset(1) descripes solutions
to what sounds like the problem at hand.



Vernon Schryver,   vjs@sgi.com