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From: jb3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon Allen Boone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Bug in su (?)
Message-ID: <8cHKHRO00j618KnEdh@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 5 Jun 91 22:25:33 GMT
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craig@attcan.UUCP (Craig Campbell) writes:
> This situation also exists as Mark describes on/in Unix 4.0.2.1 (AT&T)
> {I just checked}.
> 
> I would suspect that this is in some way a rsh bug, but it is just a 
> suspicion.

Under Ultrix 3.1, the characters are also echoed - however, a good
passwd will leave you su'ed, but the prompt won't show up!  however,
commands seem to work...

I'd say that it is NOT a bug for rsh to pass your characters clearly
through your remote connection.  I'm not sure where this behavior is
coming from (Ultrix?), but it would seem that if passwd wasn't sending
the text back, it wouldn't be displayed.

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