OK. From an x3270 OMVS session, I do: user@HOST: ssh UNIX_USER@UNIX_HOST + ssh UNIX_USER@UNIX_HOST FOTS1252 The SSH client cannot be run under OMVS. user@HOST:
Well, yeah. This is a well-known deficiency for no good reason, probably, except that IBM is too stubborn to fix it. But then, I try: user@HOST: user@HOST: script + script Script command is started. The file is typescript. $ $ ssh $UNIX_USER@$UNIX_HOST Password: ===> So, the ssh client in ported tools is too dumb to tell a pty started by OMVS from a pty started from a linemode terminal. To be fair, I have not got it to actually accept the password, but the mere fact it entices me to type a password in an unmasked entry field ought to be regarded as a security violation. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
