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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: logging on as root on other than /dev/console
Message-ID: <1990Jan8.115338.3849@virtech.uucp>
Date: 8 Jan 90 11:53:38 GMT
References: <1940@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu> <39@guug.UUCP> <1990Jan6.062148.8587@actrix.co.nz>
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In article <1990Jan6.062148.8587@actrix.co.nz>, paul@actrix.co.nz (Paul Gillingwater) writes:
> In article <39@guug.UUCP> ott@guug.UUCP (Joachim Ott) writes:
>>    [complicated method to patch binaries deleted]

> Gack!  What's wrong with commenting out the line
> 
> CONSOLE=/dev/console
> 
> in /etc/default/login?

Because this only fixes login. The original posting was about rlogin.
The rlogin program in 2.0.2 and before does not use /etc/default/login.  

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