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Quote:>Has anyone faced this problem?
>Any ideas as to what the problem is?

Regards,
  Keith Smith

I face a tiny nuisance when I rsh/rlogin to a sparc sunos machine over
a cslip or ppp connection. the rsh/rlogin server-machines does connect
and execute all the rc shell commands but *gets stuck* at the prompt.
This might be a permanent hang but about 10% of the cases it unlocks
after a few seconds.  I have an .rhosts file on the server which allows
me to get in with no password.

I have not dealt with this problem in depth, since I have been using
telnet all the time. ALL other networking works perfectly.

Has anyone faced this problem?
Any ideas as to what the problem is?

After disabling all rc commands executed on login, the problem remains
the same.

Doing exactly the same thing over our local ethernet works fine.

Thanks in advance,
Angelo
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 Angelo Haritsis, Applied Systems Section
 s-mail: Dpt of Computing,Imperial College, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK

I'm wondering if it might be a problem with it trying to locate
your terminal in local database.... does the remote system prompt
your for a terminal type or does it assume vt100 or what? [Just a
shot in the dark]

Also, if you're using dynamic IP assignment, this is a bad thing
because someone else could create an account with your name on
their machine, and login as you.

mrc

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