From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 13 01:30:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA09165 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 May 1997 01:30:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA09156 for ; Tue, 13 May 1997 01:30:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.8.5/8.6.12) id LAA29134; Tue, 13 May 1997 11:27:19 +0300 (IDT) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma029131; Tue May 13 11:26:49 1997 Message-ID: <33782627.7FD0@barcode.co.il> Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 11:28:23 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jonc@pinnacle.co.nz CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.7 and COMPAT_43 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk jonc@pinnacle.co.nz wrote: > > Hmm, > > Just tried recompiling a kernel for 2.1.7, and removed the COMPAT_43 > option from the list. Upon rebooting, login behaves slightly strangely: > > login: root > root > Password: > > ... > > It repeats the username typed in (there was a time when it actually > echoed the password as well - but that was ages ago [2.1.5?]). > > I somehow don't think that this login echo behaviour is intentional. > Someone may care to look into it. > > Cheers. > -- > Jonathan Chen e-mail : jonc@pinnacle.co.nz > Pinnacle Software Ltd Voice : +64.9.415.4460 > Auckland, New Zealand Fax : +64.9.415.4250 Why did you remove COMPAT_43? It's one of the things that's not meant to be removed from the kernel config file (as the comment states). Most noteably it breaks xterm. Nadav