Re: disabling login in V1 #14

[wrf () ecse rpi edu (Wm Randolph Franklin)]

Concerning:

> We've turned off public execute permission for login. The only thing
> this breaks is the ability to type "login foo" and log in as foo after
> being logged in as somebody else. su or "rlogin localhost -l foo" are 
> perfectly suitable alternatives.

login is somewhat easier than those alternatives, altho not enough
easier to justify keeping it public.

1. su doesn't change over the whole environment, run .login, etc.
su is reversible by typing ^d.  login is and is not, resp.

2. rlogin may be already disabled for various reasonably good
reasons.  This leaves only telnet, if anything.  telnet doesn't
pass window properties.


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