From: Igor Khasilev <gate@fido.odessa.ua> Subject: SLS1.03: no root login via ttyS0 (/etc/securetty *is* ok) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 06:01:00 GMT
To : Mathias Bartsch
Hi!
> yes, I put ttyS0 into /etc/securetty,
> yes, I can login as a "normal" user.
> In the case of root:
> login prints "ILLEGAL ROOT LOGIN ON TTY `ttyS0'" at the console.
> Is it possible that login uses a different file with similar contents
> as /etc/securetty ?
Look at /etc/login.defs - there is a string wich looks like
CONSOLE tty1:tty2:tty3....ttyp1:ttyp2
You must add ttyS0 (or any other line wich you wish use as root) to this string.
Igor