Bug in su (?)

[Craig Campbell]

In article <1086 at eplunix.UUCP> mrn at eplunix.UUCP (Mark R. Nilsen) writes:
 
>I type from one of our vaxen:
 
>	rsh earlobe su
 
>I get:
 
>	Password:
 
>I start typing and my keystrokes are echoed!!
 
>If noone is looking over my shoulder and I type the correct password
>I get stuck in a very strange state.  I can do everything I want, 
>but I have no visible prompt.  
>--Mark.  

This situation also exists as Mark describes on/in Unix 4.0.2.1 (AT&T)
{I just checked}.

I would suspect that this is in some way a rsh bug, but it is just a 
suspicion.

craig