tags 432335 confirmed thanks On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 03:44:26PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I had a login (lower case) prompt and mistakenly put my elbow on the > keybord. > As a result the following was entered as the user name: > > [[C4[[D[[E[17~78[18~[19~ > > so I got a LOGIN INCORRECT message. In addition, I was prompted for the > user name and pssword by upper case letters ( HOSTNAME LOGIN and PASSWORD). > Echoing the user name that I entered was also in upper case letters. > I couldn't login, even though I entered the correct password (LOGIN > INCORRECT). > Finally I got a MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TRIES EXCEEDED (5) message. After that, > the contents of /etc/issue was displayed and login got back to the usual > lower case > letters. > Now I can login again.
I have a simple patch: "Do not mistakenly put your elbow on the keyboard" ;) That being said, I confirm that I can reproduce this bug, and will try to have a closer look next week-end. Thank for the bug report, -- Nekral -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
