> "Kevin P. Neal" wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:05:53AM -0500, Shane A. Dawalt wrote:
> > >
> > >   I have found an odd problem with telnetd on NetBSD 1.4.2.  It gets
> > > irritated when connected to by Hummingbird 6.2.0 Telnet.  When I connect
> > 
> > Same, except I'm using Hummingbird's eXceed's "HostExplorer" (version
> > 6.1.0) to telnet. Same software, different version. I am using NetBSD
> > 1.4.2 on an Alpha.
> > 
> > > I get the normal user and password prompts, but then things hang.  I do
> > 
> > Then you are doing well. For the longest time I couldn't get logged in.
> > I had no problems telneting (same client) to a Digital UNIX box and
> > then rlogining to my NetBSD box. But a direct telnet to the NetBSD box
> > would result in no end of problems. Of course, HostExplorer doesn't
> > support rlogin.
> > 

As a followup, using the -k option to telnetd did clear up my problems
with Hummingbird eXceed's HostExplorer.

When you all use the -k option to telnetd, do you add another telnetd on
a different port? Or do you just set the main port to be in kludge mode?
I created a new port, because I'm nervous about monkeying with telnetd.
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