Tab key in busybox shell

Hi, I have compiled a lattest version of busybox i-e 1.8.0. And when i execute it, it does not behave like a shell in the linux distribution. In linux shell, when we want to execute a command, we write the starting characters of the command and then use a tab key it either completes the command or

ash idle timeout ?

hi list, does the ash have an idle timeout ? (if not it would be a nice enhancement :) re, wh ___ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox

/etc/passwd and symlinks

is there any reason that passwd and chpasswd shouldn't follow symlinks to find /etc/passwd? i have a patch to allow this, and although i've written it with a CONFIG item to protect the change, i'm wondering if the configuration option is necessary. the reason things break, currently, is that