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Xref: sserve comp.unix.admin:8181 comp.sys.mips:2547 comp.unix.bsd:7958 comp.sys.sgi:24133 Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.mips,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.sgi,tandem.sigs.unixsig Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!citec!sgccpxb From: sgccpxb@citec.oz.au (Justin Ryall) Subject: Re: passwd is wack! Organization: CITEC Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 06:03:44 GMT Message-ID: <1992Nov20.060344.29742@citec.oz.au> References: <1992Nov16.181414.3500@tandem.com> Lines: 30 check your tty isn't sending a <cr><lf> instead of just a <lf>. what would happen if this was the case is exactly what is happening to you. e.g. SunOS (kjhsgf) login: username<cr> Password:<lf> Login incorrect. login: -- etc -- If the username didn't have a password it would look like: SunOS (kjhsgf) login: username<cr> username@kjhsgf:1:<lf> username@kjhsgf:1: -- +----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ |Justin Ryall | | | | | |under the guise - | |