misc/51321: "initial message"/"login message" uninitialized

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Subject: misc/51321: "initial message"/"login message" uninitialized
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 09:05:01 +0000 (UTC)

>Number:         51321
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       "initial message"/"login message" uninitialized
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jul 07 09:05:00 +0000 2016
>Originator:     D Yuniskis
>Release:        6.1.5/i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Default gettytab capabilities not initialized properly in the absence of gettytab(5) "default" entry.
>How-To-Repeat:
Remove gettytab(5) temporarily.
This eliminates the "default" definition for certain capabilities.
Reboot.

The initial message and login message appear to be displayed from
uninitialized memory (?)

E.g., here, it displays as "loçiî: "
Note that 'g'+0x80='ç' and 'n'+0x80='î'

>Fix:

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