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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Login problems with System V/386 3.0e
Message-ID: <9632@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 2 Aug 89 13:36:39 GMT
References: <782@cgh.UUCP>
Reply-To: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Organization: Branch Technology Ann Arbor, MI
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In article <782@cgh.UUCP> david@cgh.UUCP (David Kozinn) writes:
>I seem to have run into a strange problem with logins on my System
>V/386 (version 3.0e) system. I have no problem logging in to any
>account from any of the consoles, but I can't seem to log in on any
>account that has a password when dialing in remotely. What I try to
>do that, I get the usual "Login incorrect" message but BEFORE I even
>get the Password: prompt.
>

As far as I can tell, there is a a bug where /dev/tty doesn't always 
get set up correctly and /bin/login fails when it can't open it.  Non 
standard getty things seem to make it worse.  That's about all I know 
about this problem.  







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