In <38BE74F8.45D64C14@idb.hist.no> Helge Hafting (helgehaf@idb.hist.no) wrote:
>> > 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 ...
>>
HH> I added this to /etc/securetty
HH> vc/1
HH> vc/2
HH> vc/3
HH> I can log in as root on my virtual consoles, and it still
HH> is impossible for telnet connections.
You are very lucky then :-) It can not work with standard util-linux ...
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