Re: sulogin: Don't ask for password when it is locked/disabled

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Hello Bruce,

Bruce Dubbs [2015-05-25 11:06 -0500]:
> Perhaps it's security by obscurity, but doesn't this tell a malicious user
> immediately that the account is locked and to move on to another user id to
> try?

Remote auth tools like ssh and SASL don't tell you that, they just say
"permission denied" (for pretty much this reason, I figure).

Martin
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