Re: Booting in `user-mode' and entering in `maintenance' says `Login incorrect' but this is actually `Incorrect password' that should be said, as `root' is the maintenance user
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Lorenzo Beretta <lory.fulgi@infinito.it> writes:
> Il 03/07/2010 12:50, Camaleón ha scritto:
>> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:34:25 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>>
>>> Booting in `user-mode' (once chosen in the GRUB) and entering in
>>> `maintenance' says `Login incorrect' but this is actually `Incorrect
>>> password' that should be said, as `root' is the (default) maintenance
>>> user. Or that could be understood if `login' were to be taken in some
>>> larger extent (which is also one of its definition). Would you consider
>>> this as a bug?
>>
>> Well, it could be interpreted as "login incorrrect due to incorrect
>> password" :-)
True!
>
>> The fact is that you are providing wrong credentials and there are only
>> two possibilities, either username or password. Username was not asked so
>> it only lasts the password.
That's not wrong too.
>> If you consider this a bug (it could be), better report it as a
>> "whislist" bug.
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
> Methinks it's to make intrusions more difficult, that is, if it said
> "user ok - wrong pw" an intruder would *know* the username is ok and
> just focus on the password, while the way it is both username AND
> password must be guessed.
I think so too. I won't file a bug / a wish for the aforementioned
reasons.
Thanks.
>
> This is probably a bit weird for the root user, but definitely not
> incorrect imho.
Clearly, that it appears as weird.
> Good luck with your p2
Thanks.
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