Re: off-topic: is a login, login?

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca>]

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Edward Betts wrote:

> How can I be sure it is the `real' login, and not just a program somebody has
> run that looks like login and is supposed to capture user-ids and passwords?
> 
> First I would try ctrl+c and ctrl+z but I am sure that programs can override
> both of these, so what can I do, how can I be sure?
> 
> As a sysadmin Would the solution be to run idled and chuck off idle users,
> or is there another way?

I've wondered this too..

Envision an XDM-clone that look identical to the default XDM, when you
type in your password it says invalid and logs it someplace..

Scared?

Jason