SECURETTY(5) Linux Programmer's Manual SECURETTY(5)NAME
securetty - file which lists terminals from which root can log in
DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/securetty contains the names of terminals (one per line, without leading /dev/) which are considered secure for the transmis-
sion of certain authentication tokens.
It is used by (some versions of) login(1) to restrict the terminals on which root is allowed to login. See login.defs(5) if you use the
shadow suite.
On PAM enabled systems, it is used for the same purpose by pam_securetty(8) to restrict the terminals on which empty passwords are
accepted.
FILES
/etc/securetty
SEE ALSO login(1), login.defs(5), pam_securetty(8)COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the
latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
Linux 2015-03-29 SECURETTY(5)
Check Out this Related Man Page
SECURETTY(5) Linux Programmer's Manual SECURETTY(5)NAME
securetty - file which lists terminals from which root can log in
DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/securetty contains the names of terminals (one per line, without leading /dev/) which are considered secure for the transmis-
sion of certain authentication tokens.
It is used by (some versions of) login(1) to restrict the terminals on which root is allowed to login. See login.defs(5) if you use the
shadow suite.
On PAM enabled systems, it is used for the same purpose by pam_securetty(8) to restrict the terminals on which empty passwords are
accepted.
FILES
/etc/securetty
SEE ALSO login(1), login.defs(5), pam_securetty(8)COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the
latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
Linux 2015-03-29 SECURETTY(5)
HI,
Working with apps that run accross 8 AIX 4.3's
Lets call them A, B,C D-H.
Unfortunatly only one of them has the man pages installed, (A).
My Q, is there any way that an authorized user can login into either B, C or D-H, type man at command prompt and get connected to A to view its man... (4 Replies)
Hi Friends,
We are currently 5 people using same Unix login-id on different terminals, .sh_history file contains list of commands typed by all 5 peoples(commands history) with the below list :
$tail .sh_history
ls -ltr
pwd
cd ..
ls -ltr
clear
cd temp
more kk.lst
Now my question... (9 Replies)
Hello.
I have created a FS /u00/ and created a non-root login under this FS. Also, disabled direct root login. Now is it possible or worth moving this login over to the root partition or allowing mount/umount + fsck from a standard account. As I am not able to run fsck for this FS.
How to... (5 Replies)
With my SSH, my HP-UX cannot login to root. It will come out a message su: unknown id: root. But I can login by user oracle. I also cannot login to console either by using root or oracle anymore. What shall I do. (5 Replies)
I edited my /etc/default/login file and commented the line:
# If CONSOLE is set, root can only login on that device.
# Comment this line out to allow remote login by root.
#
#CONSOLE=/dev/console
I still cant login thru telnet or ssh.
What else do i have to do to be able to login... (14 Replies)
when i am trying to login through root i am getting following error
Last successful login for root: Tue Feb 3 16:44:40 IST-5:30 2009 on pts/tc
Last unsuccessful login for root: Tue Feb 3 16:41:01 IST-5:30 2009 on pts/tc
Please wait...checking for disk quotas
crt0: ERROR couldn't open... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I tried running psrinfo command on couple of machines but found that if i login as root then it works.
But when i login other than root account, I get this error,
$ /usr/sbin/psrinfo -pv | fgrep UltraSPARC
/usr/sbin/psrinfo: illegal option -- p
usage:
psrinfo
... (8 Replies)
I want to build a network, in this network there is only one PC and 50 terminals, 50 students can use this system to study UNIX/Linux.
In the old days, computer was very expensive, many scientists shared a computer with terminals, that means a terminal has no cpu, memory and hardisk.
In... (5 Replies)
Hi folks. This has been bothering me for a while.
Among the 8 virtual desktops I'm using, I have 18 terminals open right now.
I change some of my user configuration (e.g. put a new alias into ~/.bashrc); but in order to use this new added alias, I have to source the config file:
.... (4 Replies)
Normally, When we login a remote server, the password does'nt echo as anything. But When I use PieTTY(on windows) to login a linux ssh server, the password echoes as "*". But When I have logged in, I use the ssh command to login the same server locally again, now the password does'nt echo.
I... (7 Replies)
Hello - Could anyone please explain what is login class in unix..? is it supported by Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris?
Also how do we update this when a user is created? I looked into man pages for useradd/usermod and mkuser, but could not find any option to add/update login class for a user.
... (5 Replies)
Hello,
I have following problem. I have Centos 5.8 ( Final ) on Virtual Box.
I noticed very strange behavior of the terminals when resizing them.
My default shell is tcsh .
Let's assume that we have trial script try.csh with text in it:
#! /bin/tcsh -f
# Trial script
echo... (4 Replies)
Hello all new to linux here...
Please help,... when using Pico how can I open and edit the bash Linux login file (stored in your Linux root directory). I would like to add the new commands for items listed below.
a) display contents of a directory => mycd
b) display date and time =>... (4 Replies)
I stumbled upon this thread and one aspect of it got me thinking. As i am building a small Linux network right now for a friend i would like to hear your opinion on this.
I'd like to respectfully disagree. I think the Linux habit of disabling root login per default is wrong (not entirely... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I find there is some customized linux with application.
When I use login account root and type the password.
It is not allow to login.
But if I login with specified user and password.
Then I use command "su - " and type root passwd.
It allow you to switch to "root" account .
Or if i... (14 Replies)