Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 20:48:58 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/2804: /usr/sbin/login reports: "root login refused on this terminal." when it should report "Login incorrect" Message-ID: <Mutt.19970223204858.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199702231810.KAA22803@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Garrett Wollman on Feb 23, 1997 10:10:02 -0800 References: <199702231810.KAA22803@freefall.freebsd.org>
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As Garrett Wollman wrote: > 1) Refuse immediately without asking for a password. > > or > > 2) Respond `root login refused on this terminal' without verifying the > password. Both aren't correct either. They allow spying additional UID 0 accounts. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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