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From: cj766@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd Gruhn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: "Login:" doesn't work properly, HELP!
Date: 23 Nov 1993 13:45:18 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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I found the answer yesterday afternoon:
ttys
console "/usr/libexec/getty std.1200" pc3 on secure on local

edit this line to read:
console "/usr/libexec/getty std.1200" pc3 on

secure===> its a secure terminal!! therefore system puts you
into root after login times out.  This is a major security flaw
that should be checked for if you already haven't or if your'e
having problems with login like me.
  By the way, how do I get the system to log me into csh or bsh
as opposed to root?
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