[6680] in Athena Bugs
rt 7.2N: xlogin barton access
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Dec 25 06:01:35 1990
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 90 06:01:25 -0500
From: "Jonathan I. Kamens" <jik@pit-manager.MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
System name: pit-manager
Type and version: RTPC-ROMPC 7.2N
Display type: apa16
megapel
What were you trying to do?
Connect to barton when it's down, using the "Library access"
menu option from xlogin.
What's wrong:
After the connect to barton timed out, I got a
"/usr/ucb/telnet>" prompt.
What should have happened:
It should have told me the connection timed out, waited a few
seconds for me to read it, and then exited. I should never
have gotten that prompt. What do I do with it? Obviously I
know the answer to that, but most users don't.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
I don't know if there is a way to easily get telnet to exit
when the connection fails; I suspect that the fact that it
doesn't is a bug.
jik
