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Date:      Tue, 2 Dec 1997 16:46:23 +0200
From:      Petri Riihikallio <Petri.Riihikallio@Metis.fi>
To:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Possible problem with ftpd 6.00
Message-ID:  <l03130301b0a9ce618ec7@[194.100.45.1]>
In-Reply-To: <199712021222.EAA26303@hub.freebsd.org>

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Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> wrote:

>if ( strncmp(login, "ftp, MAX_LOGIN) &&
>     strncmp(login "anonymous", MAX_LOGIN) ) {
>  printf("Password; ")
>} else {
>  printf("Your E-Mail Address, please ");
>}

If you make this kind of change you will break all the graphical clients
which expect "Password:".

The prompt should be "Use E-Mail Address as Password:".

$0.02
Petri

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Petri.Riihikallio@Metis.fi





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