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The console ttyS0 do not allow login with correct password and username root in Cetnos 6.3

 
chuiking
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The console ttyS0 do not allow login with correct password and username root in Cetnos 6.3

Hi,

 I install Centos 6.3 in to G7 server . I config the console port .That is ttyS0 .

 

I add below file /etc/init/serial-ttyS0.conf  with below content .

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# This service maintains a getty on /dev/ttyS1.
start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]
stop on starting runlevel [016]
respawn
exec /sbin/agetty /dev/ttyS0 19200 vt100

 

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add ttyS0 in /etc/security/securetty

 

So, the getty ttyS0 can be up after reboot.

 

From console , I can get login prompt  "login:"  and I type username "root" , password " password".

I cannot login .

In /var/log/secure ,  I can see below

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Nov 20 14:00:46 localhost login: pam_unix(login:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ttyS0 ruser= rhost=  user=root
Nov 20 14:00:48 localhost login: FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM (null) FOR root, Authentication failure

 

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in /etc/pam.d/login file ,

there is below line for "auth"...

 

auth       required     pam_sepermit.so
auth       include       system-auth

 

 

So, from my understand , the pam_sepermit is check the /etc/securetty and see ttyS0 is in it or not .

Then system-auth check the /etc/password in linux .

Why I cannot login with console ttyS0  ???

 

I can use ssh to the same box and login as root with the same password .

In the /var/log/secure , you can see

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Nov 20 14:13:46 localhost runuser: pam_unix(runuser:session): session opened for user uuidd by (uid=0)
Nov 20 14:13:46 localhost runuser: pam_unix(runuser:session): session closed for user uuidd
Nov 20 14:13:58 localhost sshd[3414]: Accepted password for root from 10.1.4.40 port 7591 ssh2
Nov 20 14:13:58 localhost sshd[3414]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)

 

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So, if use ssh to login , it will call the runser and sshd file in /etc/pam.d/ ...

 

But if I only comment out the line with system-auth in /etc/pam.d/login file ...

I can login console without type password in ttyS0 ...

 

So, what setting I need to do ....

 

I can login to system using montior and usb keyboard .That is using tty1 ...it is ok ...

 

Please advice what is missing in ttyS0 ????

 

Thank