crawford@ENUXHA.EAS.ASU.EDU (Brian Crawford) (05/08/91)
After searching through the FAQ list, and what back postings I could find here, the answer to the following querstion cannot be found and it is hoped it will be somewhat tolerable here (and answered, too :): 1) Are there any characeristics which can be modified in the login? Here, after one failed login attempt, there is a pause of up to two minutes before the user is prompted again for a login name. There is, however, a 'login' prompt which appears on the screen but doesn't seem to accept any input, and a 5 sec or so delay before another login prompt. After two or three minutes, the login routine seems to reset itself and the login seems to work fine. What I suspect is happening is that the OS is going to different port settings/characteristics from gettydef after the failed login attempt perhaps? Comments appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Crawford INTERNET (current): crawford@enuxha.eas.asu.edu PO Box 804 (permanent): crawford@stjhmc.fidonet.org Tempe, Arizona 85280 FidoNet: 1:114/15.12 USA Amateur: KL7JDQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (05/09/91)
crawford@ENUXHA.EAS.ASU.EDU (Brian Crawford) writes: >What I suspect is happening is that the OS is going to different port >settings/characteristics from gettydef after the failed login attempt perhaps? BINGO. If you look in the /etc/gettydef file you will find that it is broken up into 5 fields separated by pound signs. id # getty_tty_settings # after_getty_settings # getty_prompt # next_id id - the name of the gettydef entry. Specified on the getty line within the /etc/init file getty_tty_settings - initial settings used by getty once the port is opened. after_getty_settings - settings set by getty after reading the initial response from the user getty_prompt - what is displayed to the user once getty has started up next_id - the gettydef id that getty should use if it recieves a break. I would suspect your problem is in the after_getty_settings. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc. uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170