From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 1 09:29:03 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id JAA29783 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 1 May 1995 09:29:03 -0700 Received: from cs.weber.edu (cs.weber.edu [137.190.16.16]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id JAA29777 for ; Mon, 1 May 1995 09:29:00 -0700 Received: by cs.weber.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1.1) id AA26054; Mon, 1 May 95 10:22:07 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Message-Id: <9505011622.AA26054@cs.weber.edu> Subject: Re: Screen print capability To: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Date: Mon, 1 May 95 10:22:06 MDT Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199505010145.UAA29544@bonkers.taronga.com> from "Peter da Silva" at Apr 30, 95 08:45:09 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL52] Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > For example, one of our contractors used this as a joke. He had a file > called "contract.rate" that contained the sequences to load the > status line with "/his-home/.x/x" and send it, and in .x/x had a > script that pretended to be deleting your home directory. You don't > often *run* stuff in other people's directories, but catting a file is > "supposed" to be safe! All Wyse, Televideo, Adm, Hazeltine, Lear/Seigler, Beehive, etc. terminals have similar report sequences. As does the VT131 and any other terminal thet can be put in "block mode", like the IBM 3101, etc.. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.