From: inu574f@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Cosham) Subject: Re: SLS1.03: no root login via ttyS0 (/etc/securetty *is* ok) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1993 02:46:16 GMT
Igor Khasilev <gate@fido.odessa.ua> writes:
>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.
Or you can remove (comment out) this line altogether if you don't mind
root being able to log in from anywhere. eg. not on a network.
Mark Cosham
> Igor
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