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From: andrew@frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: login prompt not staying set
Message-ID: <9489@tekecs.TEK.COM>
Date: 9 Dec 87 17:51:39 GMT
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Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville, Oregon
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	"It would be much easier to tell login to exit after printing
	"login incorrect" (and letting init re-start the getty), but
	then you run into the problem of the last closed process
	hanging up the line (if hupcl is set, which you DO normally
	want done) which would screw up anyone coming in through a
	properly set up modem (it would, of course, not affect
	hardwired terminals)."

And on non-modem but shared lines, getty will reset the baud rate to
the default, so you have to cycle with the break key after every missed
password.  Frustrating.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)       [UUCP]
                        (andrew%tekecs.tek.com@relay.cs.net)   [ARPA]