tags 531341 wontfix thanks There are two contradicting security goals which are to avoid having root's password entered on unsafe lines (and unknown users should be considered as a mistyped 'root'), and to avoid leaking information regarding existing users.
The default can be changed in /etc/pam.d/login. I'm keeping the bug open and tagged wontfix... until another solution is found or enough arguments are provided to change the default for Debian. Best Regards, -- Nekral -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
