FC2T2 Login Security Issue with Last Login
Tom Mitchell
mitch48 at sbcglobal.net
Tue Mar 30 20:31:24 UTC 2004
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 02:51:58PM -0500, Will Backman wrote:
>
> I can get the last login info to come up with gdm before entering the
> password.
> Is this a security issue, as it verifies that the account exists, and
> even gives additional info such as from where and when the last login
> happened?
This was previously discussed and can be turned off.
Check the archives for how.
I like it... but I believe that it adds little or nothing to security.
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