Ssh missing 'login as' prompt

[Mike Loiterman]

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Micheal Patterson <mailto:micheal at tsgincorporated.com> wrote:
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> From: "Mike Loiterman" <mike at ascendency.net>
> To: "'Kevin Stevens'" <kevin_stevens at pursued-with.net>
> Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 3:33 PM
> Subject: RE: Ssh missing 'login as' prompt
> 
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>> Kevin Stevens <mailto:kevin_stevens at pursued-with.net> wrote:
>>> On Oct 31, 2003, at 22:25, Mike Loiterman wrote:
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>>>> Whenever I try to ssh into my machie, it just goes straight to
>>>> user at host password: by passing the traditional login as: . How
>>>> can I turn that back on?
>>> 
>>> Remove the client machine's public key from the server's
>>> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file for that user id.
>>> 
>>> KeS
>> 
>> That works but only temporarily.  The next time I login, it goes
>> directly to the password prompt.  Am I fooling myself?  Is it any
>> more secure to get a login as: prompt and then a password prompt
>> as compared to just going directly to a password prompt?
>> 
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>> Mike Loiterman
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> 
> What you're describing is normal behavior for ssh. Telnet does the
> same thing from a fbsd to fbsd system. It uses the login id on the
> connecting terminal as the user to auth against on the remote. I
> would recommend using an rsa pass phrase instead of the password if
> you wish it to be more secure.

That's strange, to me at least.  I have a number of other systems
that just give a login as: prompt.  Specifically FreeBSD 4.x.  Has
things changed?

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Mike Loiterman
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