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Re: potato testing: xdm vs gpm, samba changed?



On Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 01:03:42PM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> >>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth Scharf <scharkalvin@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
>     Kenneth> I just noticed that gpm WILL let me login as root (and
>     Kenneth> give me a warning message) same behavior as redhat.  So I
>     Kenneth> guess redhat was using gpm all along.  Also gpm starts
>     Kenneth> gnome-session.
> 
> I hope you mean gdm, not gpm, right??? Otherwise, it looks like you
> just found a security hole in gpm ;-) (or perhaps you mean you can now
> use mouse strokes instead of a password to log in ;-) )
> 

Oh, but you can login using gpm... Just make sure you have the right characters
for every possible password in /etc/issue... And be quick because you have only
60 seconds to cut'npaste them ;-)

Regards,

Filip

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