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- From: rogerk@queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese)
- Subject: Re: Why does login(1) so slow...
- Message-ID: <C0AMAJ.Lp0@queernet.org>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 19:32:43 GMT
- Distribution: usa
- References: <1993Jan3.062634.14694@texhrc.uucp>
- Organization: QueerNet
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- In article <1993Jan3.062634.14694@texhrc.uucp> linje@texhrc.uucp (Jeff Lin) writes:
- >I just started to use a DG AViiON workstation, and am
- >quite puzzle with the extreme slowness that login(1)
- >verifies the user password. If one mis-types the password,
- >it'll take almost 8 seconds before it displays "Login
- >incorrect" message.
- >
- >Is this a setup problem? Should I ask my sysadm to apply
- >a patch? or, is this a standard behavior on SVR4 hosts?
-
- This is a delay deliberately imposed in the source to attempt
- to deter automated password-guessers.
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