[ale] RHEL 5 will not allow login from Console
Michael Trausch
mike at trausch.us
Fri Sep 2 22:50:36 EDT 2011
On 09/02/2011 10:40 PM, Michael Trausch wrote:
> 3. If the initially provided password is incorrect (or if the login
> is invalid), /bin/login will then ITSELF prompt for a password.
For a username. I need to proof before I send, sorry.
Point being that the first "login:" prompt comes from getty, the second
and subsequent ones in a single login attempt come from /bin/login.
Maybe it's getting close to bedtime...
--- Mike
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