Bug 11976 - Telnet client special commands option
Summary: Telnet client special commands option
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Busybox
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Networking (show other bugs)
Version: 1.29.x
Hardware: PC Linux
: P5 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: unassigned
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Reported: 2019-06-22 19:46 UTC by henry.vitoux
Modified: 2019-08-04 07:34 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
telnet_special_characters_patch (2.56 KB, patch)
2019-07-08 14:41 UTC, Martin Lewis
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Description henry.vitoux 2019-06-22 19:46:59 UTC
Hello guys,

First of all thank you for this great project, busybox rocks!
Lately I've been experimenting with Alpine Linux and busybox flawlessly fulfilled
all of my needs.

I'm having a small "comfort issue" with telnet client though.
I'm trying to connect to a Korenix 3005 switch through telnet for management purposes, and all is well except for the backspace character - seems like my 
switch doesn't handle it too well and instead of erasing the last character
all it does is print some garbage to the screen.

I've had the same issue before while using putty, but saw a solution that
suggests to enable "Telnet special commands" in the options menu, and it worked.

Is there a similar option/flag in busybox?
I've read a bit about these commands and it has something to do with replacing
the backspace character with some other special character...

Sorry if this isn't the appropriate place to post this question.

Thank you,
Henry
Comment 1 Martin Lewis 2019-07-08 14:41:57 UTC
Created attachment 8146 [details]
telnet_special_characters_patch

Hi,

There's no such option, this patch enables it by going into
telnet options (CTRL + ']') and pressing 'k'.
Comment 2 henry.vitoux 2019-08-04 07:34:18 UTC
(In reply to Martin Lewis from comment #1)

Cool, thanks a lot!
Will it be applied soon?