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Re: bug in login in Colgate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wierdl Mate)
Fri Oct 25 08:26:35 1996
To: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 24 Oct 1996 19:36:40 EDT."
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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 07:24:57 -0500
From: Wierdl Mate <matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu>
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> Wierdl Mate writes:
> >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!
>
> Does this only happen on tty2?
tty2 was just an example. It happens on all tty. In an xterm, when I
type `login' xterm disappears.
>
> I'm guessing that this doesn't have anything to do with securetty.
>
I just mentioned securetty because `man login' says
If the user is root, then the login must be occuring on a
tty listed in /etc/securetty. Failures will be logged
with the syslog facility.
I have the original /etc/securetty from Colgate which lists all ttys.
Mate
M\'at\'e Wierdl
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Memphis,
E-mail: matyi@moni.msci.memphis.edu
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