Re: invalid password for UNKNOWN

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From: Marc SCHAEFER
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:00

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Guido Hofstetter <g@hofi.ch> wrote:
> das messages-file zeigt die fehlermeldung "invalid password for UNKNOWN"

this means: the user given doesn't exist. Normally, it should report
the exact username. However, it is possible to configure login so that
it reports UNKNOWN for inexistant users, for security reason, e.g.
when a user types his password as username by error.

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Date: 2000/03/16
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