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From: Alan Cox <alan@...>
To: Madhou <madh2001@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: shell outputs anything typed when the kernel thinks@100%
Date: Friday, March 21, 2008 - 5:31 pm

> The time that the kernel takes for checking usernames is about one second on 

The kernel doesn't do anything with usernames. Most likely your user
space login programs are configured with an intentional delay to stop
dictionary attacks.
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shell outputs anything typed when the kernel thinks@100%, Madhou, (Fri Mar 21, 5:11 pm)
Re: shell outputs anything typed when the kernel thinks@100%, Nick Andrew, (Thu Apr 3, 7:13 pm)
Re: shell outputs anything typed when the kernel thinks@100%, Alan Cox, (Fri Mar 21, 5:31 pm)
Re: shell outputs anything typed when the kernel thinks@100%, Jan Engelhardt, (Fri Mar 21, 5:37 pm)