Telnetd autologin feature

[Alexander Kriegisch]

(sorry, I sent this to Peter only instead of to the list.)

Because I want a minimum of security, even in telnet. Let us not get
philosophic about whether it makes sense to use unencrypted passwords,
but they are still better than nothing.
--
Alexander Kriegisch



Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>>>>>> "AK" == Alexander Kriegisch <Alexander at Kriegisch.name> writes:
> AK> Telnetd does not seem to support autologin. I know the client does, but
> AK> not the server. Was this done intentionally to save space or is there
> AK> another reason why it is not supported? Maybe the developers could
> AK> consider if implementing this as an optional feature might make sense.
> 
> Autologin? Why don't you just let telnetd execute sh directly instead
> of login?