On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Chris Mason wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I know I am doing something wrong as opposed to a problem with OpenBSD, but I
> can't get the stty command working correctly.
> I have searched on Google but I am unable to find any reference to it not
> working.. everyone suggests this method.
> On any other system I can do "stty -echo" to turn the terminal echo off, but
> on OpenBSD 4.0/4.1 it doesn't have any affect:
>
> mail:/root# stty -echo
> mail:/root# stty -e
> speed 38400 baud; 24 rows; 80 columns;
> lflags: icanon isig iexten -echo echoe -echok echoke -echonl echoctl
> -echoprt -altwerase -noflsh -tostop -flusho pendin -nokerninfo
> -extproc -xcase
> iflags: -istrip icrnl -inlcr -igncr -iuclc ixon -ixoff ixany imaxbel
> -ignbrk brkint -inpck -ignpar -parmrk
> oflags: opost onlcr -ocrnl -onocr -onlret -olcuc oxtabs -onoeot
> cflags: cread cs8 -parenb -parodd hupcl -clocal -cstopb -crtscts -mdmbuf
> discard dsusp eof eol eol2 erase intr kill lnext
> ^O ^Y ^D <undef> <undef> ^? ^C ^U ^V
> min quit reprint start status stop susp time werase
> 1 ^\ ^R ^Q <undef> ^S ^Z 0 ^W
>
> Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?
in interactive editing mode, ksh itself echos the chars. Try this:
set +o emacs
stty -echo
Note that applies only to command line mode, if a script interacts
with the terminal, it will work as expected.
-Otto
