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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco)
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> Jordan,
> 
> I am not particularly thrilled about the idea of modems on the same box
> as interactive logins, as it can be a security risk (think of what could
...
> that ran on the 386DX/25 :-)  A modified getty and login presents a
> "normal" banner and login: prompt and then waits for input.  A central
> server is then contacted, and returns a reply based on local policy as
> to what to do with the user (local login, remote login, etc)... all 
> very transparently.

is this something similar to what mgetty does ? It has a
"login.config" file which can take the appropriate decision basing on
login name (not real Regular Expressions are supported, but that
shouldn't be too hard).

Maybe your stuff is more flexible, though.

	Luigi
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