[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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