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From: klein@mechp10.UUCP (Greg Klein)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: getty/login for callback
Message-ID: <180003@mechp10.UUCP>
Date: 28 Mar 89 17:39:51 GMT
References: <180001@mechp10.UUCP>
Organization: Microcomputer Electronics Corp,Kirkland,WA
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/ mechp10:comp.sources.d / stefan@yendor.phx.mcd.mot.com (Stefan Loesch) / 12:01 pm  Mar 21, 1989 /
>>
>>I need the source code for getty(1) and login(1) or something similar if
>>a public domain version don't exist.  I want to modify them to spawn ct(1)
>>instead of a shell to dial back the user.  Please email or post (to
>
>You won't need the source for that. The Programm that is spawned is the
>last field in each line of /etc/passwd (if empty default /bin/sh).
>So just edit /etc/passwd for the aproppriate logins and change the last
>field to PATH/ct

Yes, this will work to spawn ct, but it is not secure.  A remote user would
be able to login with a login/passwd that has a shell associated with it,
instead of one that has ct associated with it (the shell entries in
/etc/passwd must be retained for local logins).

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