Re: Reverse Telnet Madness

Pete Stiglich (Pafc@news.oar.net) wrote: : Hello, I am having a problem with running INformix programs on a terminal : that is connected to our Sparc 10 Model 20 -- Solaris 2.3, through a : Chase Research terminal server. It is connected via reverse telnet. : I have enabled the port using pmadm, sacadm, etc. The user can login : without any problems, do vi, mail, etc without ANY problems. However, : when it comes to informix, it goofs up. For example, in a menu, the : user normally only has to press the first letter, i.e. e for exit. But : in this scenario, the user has to push e and hit return for it to take : the action. It also echos everything back. I am using a wyse50 emulation : and I've compared the stty settings between this terminal and my other : terminals with the same emulation. : Any HELP would be gratefully accepted. This is the way a telnet connection works. You cannot run interactive stuff like this over a telnet connection as the CR is the signal that causes telnet to pass the buffer across the link. *Some* telnet implementations can be made to work on a character basis IIRC but not many. Mike.