Direct Root login from tty terminals

[Amit Manna_6]

Hi,

In one of my Hp-Ux boxes which is running HP-UX 11.0.. There is no file /etc/securetty. Still I am not able to login to root directly.

Can anybody tell me the reason for the same.

Thanks and Regards,

Amit Manna

[Joseph Loo]

hi,

u mean login as root from the console?

by the way, u have not assign points for some of your earlier post today.

regards.

[Amit Manna_6]

I mean though there is not /etc/securetty file I am not able to login directly to root from tty terminals.

Can you give me the reason.

[Joseph Loo]

okay.

how do u login, i.e. telnet, ftp?
anyone set deny/allow access to /var/adm/inetd.sec?
what is the error message, password error?

it is just impossible to rationalise what is happening to the root account without more info.

regards.

[Fabio Ettore]

Hi Amit,

are you sure to insert the right password for root?
Try to change the root password in single user mode and login again.

HTH.

Best regards,
Ettore

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Ettore

[Amit Manna_6]

When I try to root login directly i get the following error.



You may not login directly as this user.
Please login using your own username and use /bin/su.

[Hoefnix]

Hi,

Because you asked this morning more info on TCB, is this a TCB system?
If so, have a look at the devassign file somewhere in /tcb/.....

HTH,

Peter

[Naveej.K.A]

hi amit,

check your /etc/profile or in the .profile of the root, whether there is any script written to block the root login from ttys other than the console,

grep -i "You may not login directly as this user" /etc/profile

grep -i "You may not login directly as this user" /.profile

with best wishes
Naveej

[Jan Sladky]

hi Ammit,

please submit points to responses on your questions, you have only 10% submitted ;-)

br Jan

[Jan Sladky]

Amit,

1. look at /etc/passwd if there is shell
defined for root:
root:/awC8T4Joq7io:0:3::/root:/sbin/sh
2.check /root/.profile for some bugs
3.check /etc/hosts/allow, denny
4.is root's passwd correct ? for certainty change it in single user mode: in ISL mode type
hpux -is

br Jan