Thanks all. I set term to vt220 on my local machine, and then whenever
I telnet to other machines it uses vt220 unless I change it explicitly
on the remote machine.
> I also suggest you use ssh whenever possible rather than telnet.
I totally agree. Unfortunately the remote machines have no sshd and I
don't have root privileges on those machines.
Regards,
Warren
Ed Robitaille wrote:
> Mansur, Warren wrote>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > How do I set my default terminal type for when I telnet to other
> > machines? If I telnet from my Redhat machine, it sends "linux" as
the
> > terminal type from X or from a console. If I telnet from my Debian
> > machine in X, it sends "Xterm-debian" as my terminal type, and
"linux"
> > otherwise. I telnet to machines that don't understand these
terminal
> > types, but do understand vt100 or vt220. Any ideas?
> >
> You don't
> Type 'echo $TERM'
> This variable is set by the shell when you log into a term
> ( xterm, Eterm or any other flavor of term).
> Further, at some point the Xwindow manager or 'init' has defaults
builtin.
>
> ED
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