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Subject: Re: [9fans] drawterm-macosx problem...
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:45:16 -0600
From: andrey mirtchovski <mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
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>> 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