in.telnetd -L /bin/whatever

hi,

I want to resurrect in.telnetd to run a custom program on login ...
but in.telnetd doesn't seem to like using the "-L" option. Has anyone
gotten this to work? SuSE 8.2

from /etc/xinetd.c/telnet:
service telnet
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
server_args = -L /bin/whatever
}


from syslog:
04/2/6@09:51:45: START: telnet from=140.107.74.123
04/2/6@09:51:45: EXIT: telnet status=2 duration=0(sec)
Feb 6 09:51:45 vishnu in.telnetd: usage: telnetd [-debug] [-D
(options|report|exercise|netdata|ptydata)] [-h] [-L
login_program] [-n]
[-u utmp_hostname_length] [-U] [port]


I notice that the in.telnetd man page doesn't mention the "-L" option
....
but then again, I know that other folks have done it
(http://honor.trusecure.com/pipermail...er/011234.html).

Any input appreciated.

--sk

Stuart Kendrick
FHCRC