>>>>> "Nico" == Nico De Ranter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Nico> Howdy, I'm setting up a number Linux servers in our lab. All Nico> servers will be connected through the serial port to a console Nico> master. Unfortunately it turns out the Debian installation Nico> (testing) refuses root login on the serial console because PAM Nico> consideres it "not secure" >-(. Is there any way to turn this Nico> behaviour off? Add the following to /etc/securetty: ttyS0 ttyS1 # devfs devices tts/0 tts/1 See man 5 securetty for more info. -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WWW: http://users.pandora.be/guy.geens/ `I want quality, not quantity. But I want lots of it!'