On Fri, 8 May 1998, Randy Smith (at work) wrote:
> Hello,
> After installing redhat 5.0 on my "server" computer here,
> I found I could not logon as "root" from an ethernet port.
> After reading some docs on this, I realized that the PAM
> software was looking at /etc/securetty file and thus not
> allowing the logon. So, I moved the securetty file to a
> different name, temporarily, so I could log in. (at this
> point in the install, I had not created any other users from
> the console) So, that appeared to be the fastest solution
> in order for me to get on the system as "root". Now, the
> problem comes in when I moved the new filename back to
> /etc/securetty. This should have re-enabled the PAM check on
> root logons... it didn't. I can log in a root from any port,
> just like the securetty file wasn't there. What do I need
> to do to fix this?
>
I think the permissions have to be 600 or pam
won't use the file.
ls -l /etc/securetty should show:
-rw------- 1 root root 40 Sep 4 1995 /etc/securetty
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