Ok. Replying to my own post to report workaround... I still think this is very strange behaviour.
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Jessica Mayo wrote: > Symptom: No login prompt (telnet hangs) > > /home/user> telnet 203.47.39.xx > Trying 203.47.39.xx... > Connected to 203.47.39.xx. > Escape character is '^]'. > > Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman) > Kernel 2.2.12-20smp on an i686 > _ > > > Cause: > 'login' process spawned by telnetd dies and sits there as a zombie. > > > Solution:? It turns out that the problem was telnet sending the contents of my DISPLAY variable to the other end. if I unset the DISPLAY variable, then everything works fine. My workaround was to alias telnet to 'env - telnet' , which starts telnet with no environment at all. Nasty, but it works. :( -- Jess. (Everything with a Grin :) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
