Richard Menedetter wrote: > > Maybe this is some extension to telnet that transmits > the username ... I don't know, but it _sure_ is not ssh.
>From the telnet manpage: ------------------------------------------------------------ telnet -a Attempt automatic login. This sends the user name via the USER variable of the ENVIRON option if supported by the remote system. ~/.telnetrc After establishing a connection, any commands associated with the remote host in the user's .telnetrc file are executed. The format of the .telnetrc file is as follows: hostnames and sequences of telnet commands to use with that host. Upon connecting to a particular host, the commands associated with that host are executed. -------------------------------------------------------------- Cheers, Steven _______________________________________________ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/baslinux.html
