How to make the logfiles talk

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Hi,

On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 02:11:17PM +0200, Hans-Joachim Zierke wrote:
> > *iff* mgetty answered the phone, and the log level is high enough, and
> > you haven't truncated the log file without mgetty restarting, then you
> > will definitely see something in the mgetty logs.
> 
> I wasn't able to reproduce this logging problem. But by hand-checking out 
> and in with my ISDN line, I can see what's happening:
> 
> 
> It is possible to use the character "#" in user passwords checked by the 
> normal login process.
> It is not possible to use this character in passwords checked by uucp.

Uh.  Interesting problem indeed, might have to do something with the
fact that "#" has been used historically as a backspace (or "erase
all"?) character at the login prompt.

Tricky.

gert
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