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and which script does this verification? The name of the script I mean :)

An SO User
– An SO User

2014-08-05 15:40:11 +00:00
Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 15:40
@LittleChild I doubt it's a script. It's an application which provides login prompt /sbin/mingetty or /sbin/agetty mostly.

UVV
– UVV

2014-08-05 15:51:58 +00:00
Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 15:51
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@UVV No, not getty. Getty is basically a loop running forever on a terminal. For each login prompt, getty runs login, and that's the program that performs the authentication (for a text mode console login).

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

2014-08-05 22:35:17 +00:00
Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 22:35
@Gilles Thanks for the correction. It's not a script anyway ;)

UVV
– UVV

2014-08-06 06:27:32 +00:00
Commented Aug 6, 2014 at 6:27

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