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From: sethr@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Seth Robertson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Sun pty problem
Message-ID: <1339@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 89 23:11:00 GMT
Reply-To: seth@ctr.columbia.edu (Seth Robertson)
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Hello.

I have a network of Suns (4.0) which are having troubles with their
ptys.  What happens is that when people use a pty (via sunview or
rlogin, and usually only ttyp0) it sometimes translates all of the
characters into ^Ds, thus logging them out.  This occurs *only* if
they use csh.  If the use ksh, ^C and ^Z don't work, and if they
su to an account that does use csh, the characters are again translated
into ^Ds.

I believe that this is somehow connected with the fact that background
jobs are running under that pty (i.e. user joe started a job with csh
in the background, then use schmo logs in and has this trouble), but it
is certainly possable to have jobs running in the background that *don't*
cause this behavior.

If anyone can help me, please give me a buzz...


						-Seth
						 seth@ctr.columbia.edu