Re: Well what would be a good subject then?
Thought:
> 5) I just installed shadow-login_960810, shadow-passwd_960810, and
> shadow-su_960810 on my system. Everything works fine, but I was wondering
> if there was any way to customize 'login'. For one, if you have a 'login
> incorrect' (coz of misspelt names or wrong passwords or wahtever) it take
> about 3 very annoying seconds to retry. Is there a way to make it ask for
> a new login: immediately instead of waiting? I'm guessing that the pause
> is a 'feature' to deter password guessers from breaking in, but I think
> it's just annoying and would rather have it turned off.
See /etc/login.def (FAIL_DELAY line)
> 6) Another login question: my host name is res154002.wsu.edu because I'm
> living in a dorm, and whenever I get the login prompt it always says
> "res154002 login:". Well, I know this is just being picky, but is there a
> way to make it not say res154002? It looks really tacky. I'd rather it
> just say "login:". Is there a place where I can get the source for a
> 'login' with shadow capability so I can just edit all these options in a
> config.h or something?
I don't know of a fix offhand, hut you can change your hostname to something
less ugly than "res154002" (hey, it's better than the "J301856802" I used to
have for a hostname :-) Just edit/etc/hostname
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