From: andrey mirtchovski <mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] drawterm-macosx problem...
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:45:16 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2c36282226f2a755976c24c4299ca83a@plan9.ucalgary.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <02d601c45ee2$4892b310$18587d50@SOMA>
>> When I type my username, the term says:
>>
>> "not a local console; won't ask for password"
>
> sounds like an old hack that was in passwd(1) to
> stop idiots changing their password on cpu servers.
>
> [allowing this would xmit your passwords(s) in the clear]
lunix drawterm checks whether $DISPLAY is 'host:#' or just ':#' and
decides whether it should prompt for a password or not.
no idea whether there's a difference in OSX
andrey
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-30 20:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-30 16:31 Enrique Soriano Salvador
2004-06-30 20:39 ` boyd, rounin
2004-06-30 20:45 ` andrey mirtchovski [this message]
2004-07-01 9:38 ` Enrique Soriano
2004-07-01 17:59 Ben Huntsman
2004-07-01 18:34 ` andrey mirtchovski
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