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From: scw@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: re: login problems
Message-ID: <12607@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 17:34:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 2 17:34:00 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 5-Oct-84 20:09:53 EDT
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From: "Stephen C. Woods"
>I need some clues to help me solve the following problem.
>When I log out of a certain application program i am only
>able to log back in again using logins for which there is
>no password set up. If i try to use a login with a password,
>I always get "login incorrect" WITHOUT being prompted for the
>password. It is several hours (>1 probably <3) before the
>login sequence returns to normal.
It may be that the application program has the tty open for input and is
eating characters. When it finally exits the tty returns to normal.
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Stephen C. Woods (VA Wadsworth Med Ctr./UCLA Dept. of Neurology)
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