Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!frip!andrew 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 References: <142700001@occrsh.ATT.COM> <142700015@occrsh.ATT.COM> Sender: nobody@tekecs.TEK.COM Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville, Oregon Lines: 16 [] "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]