[809] in RedHat Linux List
Re: bug in login in Colgate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wierdl Mate)
Thu Oct 24 19:30:46 1996
To: Levente Farkas <lfarkas@u-szeged.hu>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 24 Oct 1996 23:55:38 BST."
<XFMail.961025000450.lfarkas@u-szeged.hu>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:28:25 -0500
From: Wierdl Mate <matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu>
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> Hello,
> >>From the "man login"
> If the user is not root, and if /etc/nologin exists, the
> contents of of this file are printed to the screen, and
> the login is terminated. This is typically used to pre-
> vent logins when the system is being taken down.
>
> it is wworks on old linux but not on Colgate!!! (nologin exist
> and normal user can get in).
>
This is interesting: For me, completely the opposite: I do not have
/etc/nologin, I login at tty2 (listed in /etc/securetty) as a user,
then I try `login'. The `login:' prompt flashes for a second, then it
disappears and, to my astonishment, I find myself logged out!
The same happens if I login as root!
All this in runlevel 5.
Mate
M\'at\'e Wierdl
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Memphis,
E-mail: matyi@moni.msci.memphis.edu
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