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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Difference between rlogin and telnet
Date: 1 Jun 1997 10:09:53 GMT
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heller@socko.cdnow.com (A. Karl Heller) wrote:

>   I believe rlogin also passes some terminal information that telnet does
> not.

Both pass the value of $TERM.  Both can pass the window size settings,
and window size change events.  (That is, you enlarge your local
xterm, and the `vi' running remotely gets a SIGWINCH for it.)

Telnet support forwarding of arbitrary environmental variables
however, so you usually even get your $DISPLAY forwarded.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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