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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:5167 comp.bugs.4bsd:1907 Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!svin09!wzv!guido From: guido@wzv.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: root login on insecure terminals Message-ID: <3862@wzv.win.tue.nl> Date: 15 Sep 92 19:28:05 GMT Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Lines: 6 When root has no password, and you try to login as root from an insecure terminal, you succeed. Is this spec, or just a bug? I saw this behaviour on 386bsd, but the login it uses is from the net2 tapes (at least I think so.) -Guido