Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 10:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: bin/2804: /usr/sbin/login reports: "root login refused on this terminal." when it should report "Login incorrect" Message-ID: <199702231810.KAA22803@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/2804; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: froden@bigblue.no Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/2804: /usr/sbin/login reports: "root login refused on this terminal." when it should report "Login incorrect" Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 13:04:07 -0500 <<On Sun, 23 Feb 1997 09:04:23 -0800 (PST), froden@bigblue.no said: >> Synopsis: /usr/sbin/login reports: "root login refused on this terminal." when it should report "Login incorrect" That's really not very useful. I would suggest that you have this backwards: when a root login is attempted on an insecure terminal, it should either: 1) Refuse immediately without asking for a password. or 2) Respond `root login refused on this terminal' without verifying the password. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick
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