https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/securetty-in-console/m-p/2498001#M20380 Having just the word "console" will work Sat, 24 Feb 2001 20:16:07 GMT Rick Garland 2001-02-24T20:16:07Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/securetty-in-console/m-p/2498000#M20379 The file / etc/securetty must contain / dev/console or console? Sat, 24 Feb 2001 20:02:33 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/securetty-in-console/m-p/2498000#M20379 Gino Valdés 2001-02-24T20:02:33Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/securetty-in-console/m-p/2498001#M20380 Having just the word "console" will work Sat, 24 Feb 2001 20:16:07 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/securetty-in-console/m-p/2498001#M20380 Rick Garland 2001-02-24T20:16:07Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/securetty-in-console/m-p/2498002#M20381 Although the man page for login is not clear, any device files listed in securetty must omit the /dev/ part. The reason is that login prepends /dev/ to each line in securetty so an entry like: /dev/console becomes the name:<BR /><BR />/dev//dev/console<BR /><BR />Note that this can be any login type device file such as a tty terminal. Sat, 24 Feb 2001 23:26:16 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/securetty-in-console/m-p/2498002#M20381 Bill Hassell 2001-02-24T23:26:16Z