Re: /etc/securetty and /dev/pts/X ttys

1999-12-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You shouldn't telnet as root. But if you must, you can remove /etc/securetty and root will be able to login on all psudo terminals. Otherwise, the syntax changed slightly for specifying which psudoterminal that root can login on. Instead of pts/0, you would just put a 0 in /etc/securetty, for

Re: /etc/securetty and /dev/pts/X ttys

1999-12-08 Thread a mole
Hello Davy, the entry in securetty is the basename of the terminal. For normal tty's the basename is ttyX ... for pts style tty's the basename is just the number... You shouldn't telnet in as root - well acutally shouldn't telnet - but that's your look out. M. On Wed, 8 Dec 19

/etc/securetty and /dev/pts/X ttys

1999-12-08 Thread Davy
Hello, could someone can explain me how to add the pts/X ttys in my /etc/securetty to be able to connect directly root. I try pst/0, but it doesn't work Thanks ! --- Davy COUDENIS Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://davy.coudenis.com -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with