Re: About the login shell
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 04:49:41PM -0700, Jason Dagit wrote:
> Marcus these are my feelings exactly. I think having to type login to
> login is redundant.
Well, it's easy enough to change.
> Just like win2k where you type ctrl-alt-del (which
> according to MS improves security), before you login.
It does! You should always do that, especially if you are using a shared
terminal (like one in a public computer pool). It's very important to avoid
being tricked into entering the password into a faked login program.
We should have a similar feature in the console client when it is done.
> I think the normal case is logining,
Normal for what? :) Remember that we are developing the GNU system for the
first time here, we have yet to determine what is the normal case.
> and that is someone wants to use some other feature with
> out loging in first, then they should be the one that has to do something
> different. How about they hit F12, then they get what is now the default?
Well, there is an idea about having a login prompt that allows you to drop
into a no-user login shell. This could be a good third option, or an
argument switch for the existing login prompt program.
> just a thought...I mean on my computers that don't have 'net access root
> doesn't even have a password. Use security when you need it, and
> conveince when you can.
Everybody agrees with that, I suppose :)
We should definitely disable it for remote access by default.
Thanks,
Marcus
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