dward@runxtsa.runx.oz.au (David Ward) (12/21/89)
I am experimenting with the AUTO option in the /etc/gettydefs, and cannot
seem to be getting it to work. Does it work ??????
Please don't tell me that I should use this as I makes for poor security,
because I know this. But I have some clients that don't have a modem and
don't won't to have to use the login.
The problem is getting the getty :-) to recognise the login name. I've tried
# AUTO /etc/login logname
# logname AUTO
# AUTO logname
logname # AUTO
logname # m # AUTO
but either get errors or the terminal hangs running 'login'.
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Internet ...dward@runxtsa.runx.oz.au
I am ...David Ward > Technical Resource Manager
> Hume Computers Pty. Ltd.
> Sydney, Australia
I do not reflect light or the views of my employer and cannot be held
responible for my reactions.MDelany@hbapn1.prime.com (Mark Delany) (12/27/89)
From: Mark Delany <mdelany@hbapn1.prime.com> To: <info-unix@sem.brl.mil> Date: 27 Dec 1989 (14:31) Subject: AUTO option in /etc/gettydefs > > From: David Ward <dward@runxtsa.runx.oz.au> > Subject: AUTO option in /etc/gettydefs > > I am experimenting with the AUTO option in the /etc/gettydefs, and cannot > seem to be getting it to work. Does it work ?????? > Well it works for the XENIX version I'm running (2.3.1), you didn't mention your version, so possibly it could be a bug in your release but... > Please don't tell me that I should use this as I makes for poor security, > because I know this. But I have some clients that don't have a modem and > don't won't to have to use the login. > > The problem is getting the getty :-) to recognise the login name. I've tried > > # AUTO /etc/login logname > # logname AUTO > # AUTO logname > logname # AUTO > logname # m # AUTO > > but either get errors or the terminal hangs running 'login'. ... David, I presume that you've created a user with an ID that matches the device name of the line in question (eg tty3a or whatever)? As far as I can tell, all that AUTO does for you is to use the device name as an automatic response to getty's login prompt. (Also, I don't think that you can over-ride the device name ID with an entry in the gettydefs file, as your sample gettydefs entries suggests.) What happens next depends on the login prog and /etc/passwd. To illustrate, I have entries for some of the multiscreens (tty02, tty03, tty04 etc) and the user ID has been created sans password so that the screens automagically log in at boot time. Beat that for poor security! Mind you, on a portable 386 I find that a night-stick provides better security than a password :-) It may be of interest to you that the XENIX System Admin Guide (pp 14-10) claims that defining a login-program in gettydefs is unique to XENIX. I have no idea whether this is true or not, but if it is, you may want to avoid portability problems by using .profile/.login as a vehicle for start the users script. Regards, Mark D.