[13171] in Athena Bugs
sun4 7.7K: login
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (A.J. Aranyosi)
Fri Feb 3 10:20:03 1995
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 10:19:57 EST
From: "A.J. Aranyosi" <aja@MIT.EDU>
System name: eecs-ath-12
Type and version: SPARC/Classic 7.7K (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: cgthree
What were you trying to do?
Log in to a workstation, accidentally using my old password.
What's wrong:
I changed my password yesterday on this same machine. When
I tried to log in this morning, I accidentally used the old
password. Rather than telling me that the password was
incorrect, the machine tried to log me in, but failed to
obtain any Kerberos instances, attach my home directory, etc.
Eventually I did get a generic login. Note that on any
other machine, entering the old password generates a
"login failed" message. Kind of an ugly security breach,
isn't it?
What should have happened:
I should've gotten a message saying "login failed".
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
None that I know of.
