Can't telnet with password containing"@" or "#"

jshen.cad@gmail.com · *nix forums beginner Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 9

Hi,

I'm new to HP-UX. And, I've got question with HP-UX 11.

I tried to change my account password by "passwd". I found that I could
change
password to something like "aljfla@lfal" or "falj#fal" successfully.
But, I can't telnet to
the HP box. Only if the account's password does not contain "@" or
"#", I could telnet
to the box. Testing with SSHD, there is no limit with password
characters.

Is that a limit of HP-UX telnetd? How can I change listening port of
telnetd?

thanks in advance.

Joe

Kevin Collins · *nix forums Guru Wannabe Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 216

In article <1148658620.318010.132550@j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
jshen.cad@gmail.com wrote:

Dennis Handly · *nix forums beginner Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 38

Kevin Collins wrote:
: That is correct. The HP-UX telnetd (and some others, I think) do not know your
: terminal-type before you have logged in. As such, the "@" is mapped to "erase
: to beginning of line" and the "#" is treated as a backspace.

You can still use them if you quote them with "\".

Google