Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Sensitivity: Subject: Re: No output from DOS commands via telnet using xinetd To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Brian DOT Kelly AT empireblue DOT com Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:27:32 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-WSS-ID: 135DB77138562-01-03 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "The silence is deafening". Apparently there aren't too many folks using telnet with xinetd ( I know, I know, SSH is what everyone's doing ). Anyhow, I do have a fairly important need for this combo, and the problem outlined below is a significant one for me. Before I do anything else - I would *really* like to know at least, if anyone else gets the same behavior. That would at least establish that I'm dealing with a legitimate bug rather than a setup or configuration issue. Just a "me too" - or "works for me" would be MUCH appreciated. Brian Kelly Brian Kelly 08/18/2003 03:05 PM To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com cc: Subject: No output from DOS commands via telnet using xinetd I've noticed that running most DOS commands via telnet using *xinetd* produced no output. Runing DOS commands via telnet using *inetd* works as expected and DOES produce the expected output. For instance, in telnet via inetd, typing: net help produces the following output: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bmk1n0 AT STP**********FTP2 ~ - net help The syntax of this command is: NET HELP command -or- NET command /HELP Commands available are: NET ACCOUNTS NET HELP NET SHARE NET COMPUTER NET HELPMSG NET START NET CONFIG NET LOCALGROUP NET STATISTICS NET CONFIG SERVER NET NAME NET STOP NET CONFIG WORKSTATION NET PAUSE NET TIME NET CONTINUE NET PRINT NET USE NET FILE NET SEND NET USER NET GROUP NET SESSION NET VIEW NET HELP SERVICES lists the network services you can start. NET HELP SYNTAX explains how to read NET HELP syntax lines. NET HELP command | MORE displays Help one screen at a time. bmk1n0 AT STP**********FTP2 ~ - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In telnet via xinetd, their is NO output from the same command: ------------------------------------------------------- bmk1n0 AT STP**********FTP2 ~ - net help bmk1n0 AT STP**********FTP2 ~ - ------------------------------------------------------- Also, if you run a DOS shell via telnet through inetd, you can see the output of unix/cygwin commands: ____________________________________________________________________________________ bmk1n0 AT STP**********FTP2 ~ - cmd Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195] (C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp. e:\temp>pwd pwd /cygdrive/e/temp e:\temp>exit exit bmk1n0 AT STP**********FTP2 ~ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Output of same pwd command when run via telnet through xinetd: ____________________________________ bmk1n0 AT STP**********FTP2 ~ - cmd Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195] (C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp. e:\temp>pwd pwd e:\temp>exit exit bmk1n0 AT STP**********FTP2 ~ - _____________________________________ Is this a known issue? Is this a bug? or is there some configuration thing I have to do?? Brian Kelly "WellChoice, Inc." made the following annotations on 08/20/2003 08:26:38 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/