#1117604 login breaks on Debian 13 - does not prompt for username or password

Package:
login
Source:
login
Description:
system login tools
Submitter:
Sahil Narain
Date:
2025-10-08 12:41:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1117604#5
Date:
2025-10-08 12:38:51 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

The login package, run through /bin/login (or /usr/bin/login) does not prompt for the username/password.

Steps to reproduce
1. In the tty, run /bin/login (or /usr/bin/login).

Expected Behaviour
1. The `/bin/login` command should prompt for the username and the password.

Actual Behaviour
1. The command fails and does not show the login prompt.

Additional Information
1. After running this, $? shows 1, indicating an error.
2. Running `sudo /bin/login` shows 'Hangup'. On older versions of Debian (<=12), this prompted for credentials.
3. Running `/bin/login` without superuser privileges does nothing.
4. journalctl for tty shows "FATAL: /dev/tty1: change permissions failed. Operation not permitted."