Re: devfs + xinit Authentication error

From: Helge Hafting (helgehaf@idb.hist.no)
Date: Thu Mar 02 2000 - 09:04:40 EST


> > There is a related problem which stops root logging in on
> > a virtual console. The solution was to add the last 8
> > lines to /etc/securetty yielding:
> > tty1
> > tty2
> > tty3
> > tty4
> > tty5
> > tty6
> > tty7
> > tty8
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 4
> > 5
> > 6
> > 7
> > 8
>
> Don't do this !!! You just added first few telnet connections to allowed
> root consoles !!! If you can not fix linux-utils (two line fix) then use
> su or sudo ...
>
I added this to /etc/securetty
vc/1
vc/2
vc/3

I can log in as root on my virtual consoles, and it still
is impossible for telnet connections.

Helge Hafting

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