From: poe@daimi.aau.dk (Peter Orbaek)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: poeigl-1.6 and admutil-1.3 available
Keywords: init getty login getpass
Date: 30 Aug 92 13:38:38 GMT
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
I just uploaded poeigl-1.6.tar.Z and admutil-1.3.tar.Z to nic.funet.fi
and tsx-11.
Login now uses the new vhangup() syscall to prevent others from snooping
at the tty for passwords and other goodies.
There is also a new getpass() routine based upon some BSD code, as it has
become evident that the version that I contributed to libc, doesn't work
with telnet over TCP/IP. I hope the new version works better, but I haven't
been able to test it, because I haven't got a TCP/IP kernel.
The passwd program is changed a little to allow passwords with only lowercase
letters when there is at least one special character or digit in it.
It also explicitly prevents the use of ones username as password.
The shutdown program now tries even harder to avoid getting stuck when
/etc/utmp is corrupted.
Acknowledgements:
-----------------
Ross Biro < bir7@leland.stanford.edu> made me avare of the vhangup() call.
Johan W}hlin < d88-jwn@nada.kth.se> provided the fix for passwd.c
My thanks to both of them.
As always, the packages contains only sourcecode. The binaries can be built
under Linux 0.97P1+ or later with at least gcc-2.2.2
To those that do not already know, the poeigl package contains:
init, getty, login, hostname, mesg, users, who, write
and admutils contains:
chsh, ctrlaltdel, init, last, newgrp, passwd, shutdown, reboot,
halt, su
I have put the packages out for anon ftp at:
ftp.daimi.aau.dk:/pub/Linux-source
tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/< whereever tytso puts them>
nic.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/< whereever arl puts them>
- Peter. < poe@daimi.aau.dk>
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Peter Orbaek < poe@daimi.aau.dk>
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