reassign 432335 util-linux
severity 432335 minor
merge 52940 432335
# 421435 also seems to be the same issue.
severity 421435 minor
merge 52940 421435
# 156242 is related (ask for a configuration option for that feature)
thanks
Hi,
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.
It seems it's a feature in agetty.
It is minimally documented in agetty(8):
o Adapts the tty settings to parity bits and to erase, kill, end-
of-line and uppercase characters when it reads a login name.
Thus I'm merging this bug with an existing one in util-linux which ask for a
better documentation of that feature.
Kind Regards,
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Nekral
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