Re: Enter Problem at Portmaster PM2ER

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 09:08:00 -0500 (CDT)

On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Per Hedeland wrote:

> There is *no* difference between the PortMaster and every Unix system
> I've ever seen in this respect - they will both redo the
> login: (or equivalent) prompt indefinitely if you just send CR or LF
> characters.

Yah like I said, I was on drugs or something. I dont know why he gets
password. The ONLY time that would occur is if characters were sent.

>
> If your portmaster switches over to the Password: prompt, it's because
> it has received some other character(s) *before* the CR/LF, and
> (rightfully) asumes they're a userid. Presumably these are coming from
> your modem - make sure you have set "modem control on" on the PM; if
> this doesn't help you may need to tweak your modem settings to get it to
> shut up.

Perhapz, but dont you think he would have noticed that?

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