Xref: utzoo comp.sys.sgi:7476 comp.unix.internals:1606 Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!waikato!aukuni.ac.nz!russell From: russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi,comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Where does TERM get set for Telnet logins.(Solution!) Message-ID: <1990Dec19.225209.10210@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> Date: 19 Dec 90 22:52:09 GMT References: <1990Dec17.034330.27909@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> <1990Dec18.041334.7498@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> <18047:Dec1809:35:5390@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand. Lines: 23 brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: >In article <1990Dec18.041334.7498@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u) writes: >> The moral of the story would appear to be Don't restart inetd from a terminal >> unless it is absolutely unavoidable. This probably applies to other daemons >> as well. >No. The moral is that you should properly set up the environment of >daemons you start. >---Dan OK, I add the proviso: "Unless you know exactly what you are doing." In a lot of cases now Unix systems are being administered by people who do not have an encyclopedic knowledge of Unix. We have only had our system for a year and are still finding out the finer points of its management. Cheers, Russell. -- Russell Fulton, Computer Center, University of Auckland, New Zealand.