Subject: misc/3656: Bugs in telnet.1
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <msaitoh@spa.is.uec.ac.jp>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/21/1997 17:27:31
>Number: 3656
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: Bugs in telnet.1
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed May 21 01:35:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: SAITOH Masanobu
>Organization:
>Release: latest -current
>Environment:
System: NetBSD ifree.spa.is.uec.ac.jp 1.2E NetBSD 1.2E (IFREE) #43: Mon May 19 11:16:13 JST 1997 msaitoh@ifree.spa.is.uec.ac.jp:/var/sources/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/IFREE i386
>Description:
The telnet.1 has many bugs.
>How-To-Repeat:
man telnet
>Fix:
Apply following patch:
--- telnet.1.orig Tue May 13 20:23:54 1997
+++ telnet.1 Wed May 21 17:24:10 1997
@@ -538,9 +538,8 @@
.El
.It Xo
.Ic open Ar host
-.Oo Op Fl l
-.Ar user
-.Oc Ns Oo Fl
+.Op Fl l Ar user
+.Oo Op Fl
.Ar port Oc
.Xc
Open a connection to the named host.
@@ -555,7 +554,7 @@
or an Internet address specified in the \*(Lqdot notation\*(Rq (see
.Xr inet 3 ) .
The
-.Op Fl l
+.Fl l
option may be used to specify the user name
to be passed to the remote system via the
.Ev ENVIRON
@@ -934,7 +933,9 @@
preceded by this character at the beginning of a line.
This character, at the beginning of a line followed by
a "." closes the connection; when followed by a ^Z it
-suspends the telnet command. The initial state is to
+suspends the
+.Nm telnet
+command. The initial state is to
disable the rlogin escape character.
.It Ic start
If the
@@ -944,7 +945,7 @@
be the terminal's
.Ic start
character.
-The initial value for the kill character is taken to be
+The initial value for the start character is taken to be
the terminal's
.Ic start
character.
@@ -956,7 +957,7 @@
be the terminal's
.Ic stop
character.
-The initial value for the kill character is taken to be
+The initial value for the stop character is taken to be
the terminal's
.Ic stop
character.
@@ -1258,11 +1259,11 @@
.Ic abort ,
and
.Ic eof and
-.B suspend
+.Ic suspend
are sent as
.Ic eof and
-.Ic susp ,
-see
+.Ic susp
+(see
.Ic send
above).
.It Ic netdata
@@ -1308,7 +1309,7 @@
.Ic verbose_encrypt
toggle is
.Dv TRUE ,
-.Tn TELNET
+.Nm telnet
prints out a message each time encryption is enabled or
disabled. The initial value for this toggle is
.Dv FALSE.
@@ -1327,7 +1328,7 @@
.It Ic \&! Op Ar command
Execute a single command in a subshell on the local
system. If
-.Ic command
+.Ar command
is omitted, then an interactive
subshell is invoked.
.It Ic \&? Op Ar command
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