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Securetty in Console

 
Gino Valdés
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‎02-24-2001 12:02 PM

‎02-24-2001 12:02 PM

Securetty in Console

The file / etc/securetty must contain / dev/console or console?
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Rick Garland
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‎02-24-2001 12:16 PM

‎02-24-2001 12:16 PM

Re: Securetty in Console

Having just the word "console" will work
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Bill Hassell
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‎02-24-2001 03:26 PM

‎02-24-2001 03:26 PM

Re: Securetty in Console

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:

/dev//dev/console

Note that this can be any login type device file such as a tty terminal.


Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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