[869] in RedHat Linux List
Re: bug in login in Colgate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wierdl Mate)
Fri Oct 25 08:59:12 1996
To: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>, redhat-list@redhat.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 24 Oct 1996 20:01:15 EDT."
<199610250001.UAA30220@tristan.redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 07:55:35 -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!
> >
> >The same happens if I login as root!
>
> Oops. I misread that the first time I answered.
>
> That is, believe it or not, standard Linux behaviour. Linux's login
> is unusual in that it calls the "vhangup()" function to reset the
> tty; it's rather like pressing a "Secure Attention Key" (a "SAK")
> on a terminal. It's been this way for several years, at least, and
> we haven't changed it.
Thanks. This is not the behavior described by the man page though:
If an argument is not given, login prompts for the user-
name.
At least this confused me b/c I thought resetting the terminal is not
the same as prompting for a user name.
Mate
M\'at\'e Wierdl
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Memphis,
E-mail: matyi@moni.msci.memphis.edu
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