I have gotten telnet working on my riocar but when i log in it doesnt load the /etc/profile is there another file it loads when coming in by telnet or something i can change to make it load it? thanks..

On a Linux box, try "man bash".

Im sorry if this seems like a stupid question but I have created a ~/.bash_profile , ~/.bash_login , ~/.profile , and a ~/.bashrc and none of them load. those were all i could see in man bash

did you try /etc/bashrc (a guess...I haven't tried it myself) ?

The binary from my player has these strings inside of it:

/etc/bash.bashrc
/etc/profile
~/.profile
~/.bash_profile
~/.bash_login

Yeah, but it doesn't try to source them (any of them) when you log in.

strace ?

Gimme a sec..

[empeg:/]# strace -e open bash

open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3

open("/lib/libncurses.so.5", O_RDONLY)  = 3

open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)       = 3

open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3

open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)     = 3

open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3

open("/lib/libnss_compat.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3

open("/usr/lib/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY)  = 3

open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY)           = 3

open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3

open("/lib/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3

open("/etc/bash.bashrc", O_RDONLY)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("//.bashrc", O_RDONLY)             = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("//.bash_history", O_RDONLY)       = 3

open("//.bash_history", O_RDONLY)       = 3

--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---

--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---

open("/etc/terminfo/v/vt100", O_RDONLY) = 3

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strace with a valid and executable /.bashrc file in a moment..

Okay, so if I telnet in with a valid /.bashrc file, it doesn't get sourced, but when I run bash manually, it does. I'm guessing this is a limitation of our stripped-down telnetd?

Here's the strace of the shell I started after I telnetted in (as evidenced by the default shell prompt instead of the one in my bashrc, this wasn't sourced for the shell given to me by telnetd.

sh-2.03# /usr/local/bin/strace -e open bash

open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3

open("/lib/libncurses.so.5", O_RDONLY)  = 3

open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)       = 3

open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3

open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)     = 3

open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3

open("/lib/libnss_compat.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3

open("/usr/lib/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY)  = 3

open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY)           = 3

open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3

open("/lib/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3

open("/etc/bash.bashrc", O_RDONLY)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("//.bashrc", O_RDONLY)             = 3

open("/etc/terminfo/v/vt100", O_RDONLY) = 3

open("//.bash_history", O_RDONLY)       = 3

open("//.bash_history", O_RDONLY)       = 3

--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---

--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---

open("/etc/terminfo/v/vt100", O_RDONLY) = 3

.

rather than strace, you can use this:

[hijack]
trace_fs=1

And then telnet in and see what it did by watching the serial port.

Cheers

Oops. If you're using the one I compiled then it's because I didn't set it to be a login shell. I never needed it to run .profile/.bashrc so I didn't set the option. I'll upload a new version in a sec.

Thank you for figuring this out everyone.. I was lost, I was doing so many google searches trying to figure out what i was doing wrong. I dont know a whole lot about linux yet but am trying to learn. Was afraid I was doing something wrong. Its good to know I wasnt..

Oh, sweet. Gotta quit the player for it to pick up the config change though, yes?

Yeah..

Okay. I've uploaded the new version. It works fine when tested on my emepg but keep a serial cable handy just in case!

When I try to run this new telnetd I get :

'(null)' unavailable.empeg:/empeg/bin#

ill do a search see if its something i missed but just thought Id mention it..

Hmm. I'll have to check. Give me a few minutes.

Try it again. I uploaded the wrong version but it should be okay now.

It works great now! Thank you for your help!