This can happen if you have a .rhost (s?) file, which specifies which users are allowed to connect from where - without authorization. But if you haven't intentionally set this up, I doubt it is part of the auto install process. Nick Paul Carruthers wrote:

I have got a old box which was running suse 5.x and has ( last night ) been upgraded to Suse7 All went very well despite a few silly things. However something odd is now happening... if I telnet to the box it only asks for a username at logon rather than username and a password ?

Any ideas ?

Paul Carruthers Systems Administrator Avellino Technologies Voice +44 (0) 118 940 7600 Fax +44 (0) 118 940 7699 Http://www.avellino.com/

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