Re: [Sheflug] login weirdness

["Chris J" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I've recently added an OpenBSD/sparc box to the LAN - after I log in as
> root either at the console or via ssh it asks me what type of terminal I
> am using (generally prompting me with a sensible guess). The weird thing
> is my Slackware box has just started doing the same thing too. I really
> don't mind but I'm curious to know what's going on (guessing
> kerberos/ssh?).

Don't know why Slack has started doing it (I've got slack 8, rather than 7,
and I'll look at it when I get home tonight), but on OpenBSD root has this in
their ${HOME}/.profile:

eval `/usr/bin/tset -sQ \?$TERM`

and its this (well, tset) that is responsible for showing the "Terminal
type?" prompt. The eval just, well, evaluates the output of tset which is
essentially:

setenv TERM <terminal>;
setenv TERMCAP <termcap entry for terminal>;

Thus, the entire line prompt you for a terminal (tset) and then sets up your
environment magically (tset feeding eval).

Chris...


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