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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
Subject: bin/2804: /usr/sbin/login reports: "root login refused on this terminal." when it should report "Login incorrect"
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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
 
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