From: Ed Carp (erc@apple.com)
Date: 07/28/93 

From: erc@apple.com (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: can't login as root on serial line?
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 07:25:36 GMT

Jim Nelson (jnelson@plains.NoDak.edu) wrote:
: In article <devoil.743377064@helios> devoil@helios.usq.EDU.AU (peter devoil) writes:
: >In <1993Jul19.141144.26016@mtu.edu> devmorfo@mtu.edu (Evmorfopoulos Dimitris) writes:
: >>In article <cam.743065305@ss1>, cam@adied.oz.au (The Master) writes:
: >>>
: >>> SLS1.01 pl9
: >>>
: >>> I can't seem to find any information on why I can't login as root
: >>> over a modem onto my Linux system. I can log in as normal users

: Also look in /etc/login.defs for the CONSOLE line. Add your serial port
: there.

...and, if you don't find it there, look in /etc/securetty... :) 

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