I've looked through the archives and have not seen a write-up on this. I have the very latest cygwin everything installed on an MS 2000 Server. TERM=cygwin is set in the profile. Running the telnetd daemon with inetutils. I have absolutely no problems connecting to this service with any client program except the native one that comes with every copy of MS 2000. The native one that comes with every earlier copy of MS Windows - 95, 98, NT4 works just fine. When I use the Native MS 2000 telnet I get the following output:
CYGWIN_NT-5.0 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) (*******************) (tty2) login: mylogin Password: Login incorrect login: Essentially, it just blows right past the password prompt without pausing - apparently taking null as the password. This renders the MS 2000 Telnet client completely useless for direct telneting. For most I imagine this not a problem or even annoyance because probably just about every other client in existance works just fine. The problem for me, is that I work for a large organization, and I like the flexibility of being able to plop down at desktop anywhere - more than 5000 desktops - and telnet to any of the servers I manage and run scripts, do diagnosis, etc. On 98% of these machines, MS 2000 telnet client is the ONLY client available, and I do not have the right to install a different one whenever I want one (not to mention the inconvenience even if I could). Currently, I work around this by logging into an AIX box (which has it's own set of telnet-to-cygwin woes) and then from there to my cygwin/MS 2000 boxes. And since I did mention AIX, if one telnets to a cygwin box from the NATIVE AIX telnet client, AIX does NOT display anything typed at the command line. It receives it, and you can get output (after you press enter) and run commands, etc. But not seeing what you're typing while you're typing it is QUITE a headache. Now I know AIX is the one of the most reviled and avoided OS's amongst the open source community. More than once I've encountered not only disinterest - but almost what could be called PRIDE that this, that or the other does not run on AIX. Nevertheless, one of the conundrums of my existance is that AIX is what I am saddled with - not just with my current employer, but 3 out of the last 5! Are these known problems, or am I missing something "REALLY" simple here? Is there something I can change to fix this? For AIX or MS 2000? Brian Kelly "WellChoice, Inc." made the following annotations on 06/14/2003 06:28:23 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attention! This electronic message contains information that may be legally confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Release/Disclosure Statement -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/