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  • Telnet Gateway / mudgate.js

    From Dream Master@dream.master@CIAD.remove-4e2-this to All on Thu Mar 25 19:12:42 2021
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    Hello! Noticed that when I went to a MUD and came across a password prompt, I received the following:

    Password: ÿû(CTRL-A)

    In other words, it is looking to mask the password and is keeping the input field hidden (checkmark and ctrl-a).

    Is there any way to fix this within mudgate.js or overall so that what is actually displayed from the MUD is accurately transferred to the session?

    Brian Klauss <-> Dream Master
    Caught in a Dream | caughtinadream.com a Synchronet BBS

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  • From Digital Man@digital.man@vert.synchro.net.remove-o5e-this to Dream Master on Thu Mar 25 21:47:50 2021
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    To: Dream Master
    Re: Telnet Gateway / mudgate.js
    By: Dream Master to All on Thu Mar 25 2021 07:12 pm

    Hello! Noticed that when I went to a MUD and came across a password prompt, I received the following:

    Password: ÿû(CTRL-A)

    In other words, it is looking to mask the password and is keeping the input field hidden (checkmark and ctrl-a).

    Is there any way to fix this within mudgate.js or overall so that what is actually displayed from the MUD is accurately transferred to the session?

    mudgate.js is pretty simple, it just invokes bbs.telnet_gate() with some appropriate option flags. You could try playing with those option flags maybe, or maybe use telgate.js or unixgate.js instead (they all use different combinations of option flags).

    Also, try connecting to your BBS with different protocols as you may experience something different with Telnet vs. SSH, for example. And that information is helpful in determining what's going on there.
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  • From Dream Master@dream.master@CIAD.remove-10e4-this to Digital Man on Fri Mar 26 00:55:58 2021
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Digital Man
    Re: Telnet Gateway / mudgate.js
    By: Digital Man to Dream Master on Thu Mar 25 2021 09:47 pm

    mudgate.js is pretty simple, it just invokes bbs.telnet_gate() with some appropriate option flags. You could try playing with those option flags maybe, or maybe use telgate.js or unixgate.js instead (they all use different combinations of option flags).

    Also, try connecting to your BBS with different protocols as you may experience something different with Telnet vs. SSH, for example. And that information is helpful in determining what's going on there.

    Thank you... I will look into it when I get back from surgery later this weekend and will let you know. I tried every permutation with MUDGATES ORs, let's see about the other.

    Brian Klauss <-> Dream Master
    Caught in a Dream | caughtinadream.com a Synchronet BBS

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