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Unknown terminal in POSIX shell
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Richard Gambrell <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:37:32 -0600
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> Good evening, all,
>
> I have a problem with an account while running
> in the shell.  When I do 'sh.hpbin.sys -L' I get:
>
> tput: Unknown terminal "hp2392a".
> tabs: Unknown terminal "hp2392a".
[snip]
> Thanks,
> Scott - sorry if the above doesn't make sense, it's
>         been a looong day, with a lot of coffee, heh-heh (tm).
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Scott Swartzell   TIS-ASO   590-2152

Sounds like the permissions problem.

As root (oops, I means manager.sys),
go into the shell and do:

chmod -R a+rx /usr

This allows all to read and execute everything under /usr,
which includes the terminfo files that are needed by  vi
to control the terminal.

Richard Gambrell

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