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-rw-r--r--libexec/telnetd/telnetd.c18
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.c b/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.c
index 8aafdbd..52eab70 100644
--- a/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.c
+++ b/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
* OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
* SUCH DAMAGE.
*
- * $Id: telnetd.c,v 1.10 1997/02/22 14:22:31 peter Exp $
+ * $Id: telnetd.c,v 1.11 1997/03/28 15:48:18 imp Exp $
*/
#ifndef lint
@@ -179,6 +179,22 @@ main(argc, argv)
progname = *argv;
+ /*
+ * This initialization causes linemode to default to a configuration
+ * that works on all telnet clients, including the FreeBSD client.
+ * This is not quite the same as the telnet client issuing a "mode
+ * character" command, but has most of the same benefits, and is
+ * preferable since some clients (like usofts) don't have the
+ * mode character command anyway and linemode breaks things.
+ * The most notable symptom of fix is that csh "set filec" operations
+ * like <ESC> (filename completion) and ^D (choices) keys now work
+ * in telnet sessions and can be used more than once on the same line.
+ * CR/LF handling is also corrected in some termio modes. This
+ * change resolves problem reports bin/771 and bin/1037.
+ */
+
+ linemode=1; /*Default to mode that works on bulk of clients*/
+
#ifdef CRAY
/*
* Get number of pty's before trying to process options,
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