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Is it okay to disable requiretty?
I'm trying to set up a deploy script using Capistrano At a step cap deploy:setup script is connecting to my server and trying to run commands that create directories. Then I see an error: msudo: ...
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why slight delay after failed login in tty [duplicate]
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Why a wrong password gives a big delay
Whenever I mistype my password when logging in in a tty, I have noticed that I have to wait for a second before I'm able to log in ...
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Security drawbacks of disabling tty password check
I found that, in /etc/inittab, this modification (-a username) for the user u disables the login/password check for all tty:s:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -a u 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -a u ...
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How to clear terminal after logging out?
Currently on my laptop when I log out I can still see traces of my last activities (in tty). How can I tell it (Gentoo) to clear the screen before logging out?
