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  1. Xref: sparky comp.unix.admin:6283 comp.sys.mips:1057 comp.unix.bsd:9109 comp.sys.sgi:16680
  2. Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.mips,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.sgi,tandem.sigs.unixsig
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!citec!sgccpxb
  4. From: sgccpxb@citec.oz.au (Justin Ryall)
  5. Subject: Re: passwd is wack!
  6. Organization: CITEC
  7. Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 06:03:44 GMT
  8. Message-ID: <1992Nov20.060344.29742@citec.oz.au>
  9. References: <1992Nov16.181414.3500@tandem.com>
  10. Lines: 30
  11.  
  12. check your tty isn't sending a <cr><lf> instead of just a <lf>.
  13.  
  14. what would happen if this was the case is exactly what is happening to you.
  15.  
  16. e.g. 
  17.  
  18. SunOS (kjhsgf)
  19.  
  20. login: username<cr>
  21. Password:<lf>
  22. Login incorrect.
  23. login:
  24.  
  25. -- etc --
  26.  
  27. If the username didn't have a password it would look like:
  28.  
  29. SunOS (kjhsgf)
  30.  
  31. login: username<cr>
  32.  
  33. username@kjhsgf:1:<lf>
  34. username@kjhsgf:1: 
  35.  
  36.  
  37. -- 
  38. +----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
  39. |Justin Ryall          |                                                     |
  40. |                      |                                                     |
  41. |under the guise -     |                                                     |
  42.