Xenix Dialup Security

Peter Jeremy peter at stca77.stc.oz
Fri Jan 13 11:32:05 AEST 1989


The LOGIN(M) page for Xenix/286 states:

  "At some installations, an option may be invoked that will require you
  to enter a second `external' password.  This will occur only for dialup
  connections, and you will be prompted by the message `External security:'.
  Both passwords are required for a successful login."

I would like to invoke this option.  Unfortunately, the quoted paragraph is
the only reference that I have been able to find discussing this.  Studying
the output of `strings /etc/login` hasn't helped (except that the string
"External security" doesn't occur).  The SysV approach (using /etc/dialups
and /etc/d_passwd as documented in <228 at pyuxt.UUCP> (15-Dec-84)) doesn't
appear to work (and I can't see any references to the files /etc/dialups or
/etc/d_passwd in init, getty or login anyway).

Is this actually implemented in Xenix?  Does anyone know how to set this up?
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