Re: [hackers] [ubase] Set TERM to linux if needed for su and login || sin

From: Dimitris Papastamos <sin_AT_2f30.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 18:38:27 +0100

On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 07:35:22PM +0200, Roberto E. Vargas Caballero wrote:
> > Would vt100 be more sensible? Thing is if preserve == 0 we'll end up
> > with TERM unset (for login specifically).
>
> login takes the value of TERM from its parent. If you executed login
> in a telnet session, the telnet daemon will put the value. If you
> have a SystemV inittab, then you configure in it the correct value of
> TERM for every terminal. If you have a BSD /etc/ttys, then you configure
> in it the correct value for every terminal. There is no other usages
> of login, so the only way of getting a null value is a misconfiguration,
> so you should to assume that the terminal only can handle the minimal
> set of features, the features of a dumb terminal.

but -p is specifically used to tell login whether to preserve or discard
the parent environment. What happens if -p is not set? I decided to put
TERM=linux because ubase is linux specific.

I agree with your statement when -p is set, in which case my patch has no
effect (it won't overwrite TERM).
Received on Tue Jun 03 2014 - 19:38:27 CEST