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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by frik on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @09:03AM (#15806813)
It reminds me of the Windows 95/98 login.

At the logon screen, just pressing ESC got you to the desktop.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAH2j9mRgUM

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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by recursive on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @12:01PM (#15808430)
It's kind of similar, but that was intentional. There was even a "Cancel" button in the GUI that did the same thing.
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