tech-security: Re: PRs 30923 and 31059

Subject: Re: PRs 30923 and 31059
To: None <tech-security@netbsd.org>
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
List: tech-security
Date: 02/09/2006 09:55:27

On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 07:35:19PM +0100, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> 
> Removing that output would confuse new users who try to login via an insecure
> terminal (telnet) and don't understand why they would get an Login incorrect.
> 

Well, they would be similarly confused with the OpenSSH sshd rejecting
root logins to a machine with "PermitRootLogin no" getting the same
message.

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Brett Lymn