I cannot tell if this is a problem in whatever version of Debian, since I do not use it.
Even with Ubuntu being derived from Debian at some point between 18.04 where /etc/securetty was delivered with package login and 20.04 where the whole package is unavailable. I think that is an interdependence between multiple packages, but I am not quite in the position to point at where (or even if) the problem could be fixed in Debian. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1872443 Title: /etc/securetty missing: dovecot not working Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: With Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa, /etc/securetty is missing from the "login" package (4.8.1-1ubuntu4). This leads to errors such as in /var/log/mail.log when a dovecot auth is tried: Apr 13 13:08:17 venus dovecot[10588]: imap-login: Login: user=<tttt>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.123.1, lip=192.168.123.188, mpid=12200, TLS, TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-E CDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits) Apr 13 13:08:18 venus auth[12195]: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): Couldn't open /etc/secure tty: No such file or directory Apr 13 13:08:18 venus auth[12195]: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): Couldn't open /etc/secure tty: No such file or directory Apr 13 13:08:18 venus dovecot[10588]: imap-login: Login: user=<tttt>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.123.1, lip=192.168.123.188, mpid=12202, TLS, TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-E CDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits) It seems that pam_unix still needs /etc/securetty, but login no longer provides it. There was a similar bug in debian that seems to be related: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931899 To my understanding, this is a problem between pam and login packages in 20.04. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1872443/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
