Re: [iPAQ] tinylogin su

an rxvt terminal running login would be fine, but how to do?

/etc/default/rcS is too early

thanks

jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Cohen" <richard@vmlinuz.org>
To: "jonathan chetwynd" <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>
Cc: <ipaq@handhelds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [iPAQ] tinylogin su

> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, jonathan chetwynd wrote:
>
> > Thanks
> > su and login now setuid chmod 4755 /sbin/su /bin/login (and wiki
updated)
> > http://handhelds.org/z/wiki/FamiliarDistribution
> >
> > would adding login to the boot give me a login on boot*?
> > eg /etc/default/rcS
> > is there somewhere better, ie right at the end?
>
> Do you mean a graphical login or a console one? I have a console login on
> my iPAQ provided by login.ipk - don't need tinylogin for that.
>
> Oh, wait, you've got a keyboard on the console, haven't you...
>
> If you mean a graphical login, I assume you mean X... mallum has been
> working on a screenlocker which asks for a password, which is the closest
I
> know to a graphical login right now. There are problems with this kind of
> thing - you really need a keyboard onscreen to get a reasonable level of
> input accuracy for passwords. There was a discussion a *long* time ago
> about whether or not passwords should be hidden - having them hidden means
> you never know if they're right until you try them, while having them open
> means someone can see over your shoulder...
>
> > thanks
> >
> > jonathan
> >
> > *also does this application let me have a login screen on boot?
> > if so how do i set this up?
> >
> >
> > ipkg install tinylogin to install
> > it just wasn't clear that it would be an easy remove... sorry
>
> "ipkg remove tinylogin" should do the job, same as any other ipkg...
>
> Cheers
> Richard
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 05 19:00:28 2002