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Re: [Plug] Invalid uid/pw
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> > Ok, you're typig in your password to login, and you hit the enter key (This is
> > on SVR4 BTW, so no bksp until after login). Immediately after hitting enter,
> > you realise you've entered you uid, or pw wrong. So you have to wait 2 or 3
> > seconds for the system to let you do it again.
> > Well, it's pissin me off, and I want to know, is there a key combination to tell
> > the system "Hey knock it off, lemme try again...", so I don't have to wait?
>
> Absolutely not. This is a feature, not a bug. Maybe I should
> mention this when I'm talking about security next month . . . .
Ofcourse, you can modify the delay time by editing /etc/login.defs on most
newer systems. This isn't the same as a keyboard sequence to kill the
delay prematurely once you've already entered an incorrect login, though,
which would definitely be a security matter.
-mct
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