Bug#237955: mysterious newline before shell prompt in remote login
On Monday, March 15, 2004 at 14:13, Colin Watson wrote:
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> 20031113
> - (dtucker) [auth-pam.c] Add newline to accumulated PAM_TEXT_INFO and
> PAM_ERROR_MSG messages.
>
> That's probably it; I think this was a PAM API correctness fix (not to
> say that it might not be buggy, but it could also be the fault of a PAM
> module). Does the newline cause a problem?
No, it certainly not does cause a problem. It just a waste of space on
screen... And my first thought was: Has this box been hacked? (I.e. the
line being the result of some faulty script.)
Regards,
Oskar Liljeblad (oskar@osk.mine.nu)
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