https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333995#c1 Mark Gordon changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mtgordon@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |ep1admin@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de --- Comment #1 from Mark Gordon 2007-10-16 14:22:07 MST --- You're using passwd-based authentication, correct? What sort of login is this? Console? Graphical? If graphical, which display manager? And what does "kicked out" mean in this context? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333995#c3 Mark Gordon changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |kukuk@novell.com Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|ep1admin@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de | --- Comment #3 from Mark Gordon 2007-10-17 09:16:37 MST --- The man page for login.defs says: LOGIN_RETRIES (number) Number of login attempts allowed before the login program exits. When I try to log in at the console and purposefully fat-finger my password, I get prompted again for username and password. After the third failed attempt, I get the "Welcome to openSUSE..." line again. It appears to be doing precisely what the man page describes. One advantage to prompting for both username and password is that it allows the user to correct a typo in the username immediately. If it prompted only for the password, a user who makes an error in typing the username would have to type the wrong password (or just hit enter) LOGIN_RETRIES times in order to get the opportunity to correct the typo in the username. I'm not sure this is a bug, but I'll pass it along. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.