From: Simon J Ferrett (c9108932@peach.newcastle.edu.au)
Date: 07/31/93 

From: c9108932@peach.newcastle.edu.au (Simon J Ferrett)
Subject: [ANS] Re: can't login as root on serial line?
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1993 13:21:26 GMT

cummings@hammer.prime.com (Kevin Cummings) 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
>> >> but a login as root gives "Login incorrect" after the password.
[...]
>Yeah, yeah, I know about the insecurity of allowing root to login directly
>(one password, versus two), but where can I specify which lines are secure
>(and which aren't?)

theres a file called /etc/securetty whilch holds all the lines that
allow root logins, one tty name per line.. like

tty1
tty2
tty3

etc...

if the tty isnt in there, root cant login to that tty....

hope this is of some help..

>--
>Kevin J. Cummings ComputerVision Services
>cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us cummings@primerd.cv.com 

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