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From: pavlov@hscfvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: login gripes
Message-ID: <367@hscfvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 29-Mar-87 20:39:44 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 29 20:39:44 1987
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In article <8703231450.AA18626@ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu>, lamy@ai.toronto.edu writes:
> Two puzzling things about 'login'. 
> a) What on earth does it do between the time I hit return on the username line
>    and the time it gives me back the Password prompt? .......

  getty prompts you for username; login prompts for password (unless name is
  messed up...)