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From: andrew@frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: No GNUlogin
Message-ID: <10441@tekecs.TEK.COM>
Date: 7 Oct 88 19:29:53 GMT
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	"I really wish AT&T would free up a few programs like login and
	getty as sources distributed with binary licenses. Some people
	really do need to add their own logic to these things for
	various reasons.  Maybe someday there'll be a workable GNU
	version of these programs."

In light of RMS' philosophy of system access, as expressed in his
"whyhack.text" of 1983, I doubt there'll ever be a GNU program that
demands a password before granting access.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (uunet!tektronix!tekecs!frip!andrew)    [UUCP]
                        (andrew%frip.gwd.tek.com@relay.cs.net)  [ARPA]