Subject: Re: long usernames
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/19/2003 00:16:34
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:20:16AM +1100, matthew green wrote:
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> are you saying that if you wait for the password: prompt and type
> fast you get those characters echoed? (it more sounds like you're
> typing the username/password together as fast as possible, and not
> waiting for getty/login to prompt you.)
Playing with this might lead to the 'orot' prblem of unixware 2/7.
- typing 'root' could be echoed as 'orot', but processed at 'root' :-)
David
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