Re: [SLE] Strange 'login' behaviour

From: Christophe Greisberger (greisberger_at_zenon-media.com)
Date: 02/26/04

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:54:30 +0100

    I found something else:
    If I log in as a non-root user and I type 'login', I have following message:

    FATAL: cannot change permissions of TTY: Operation not permitted 

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