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securetty.5: Note that the pam_securetty module also uses this file 

See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=528015

This patch is a modified version of the one proposed without
parts specific to Debian.

Reported-by: Nicolas FRANCOIS <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Stéphane Aulery 2015-03-07 17:06:58 +01:00 committed by Michael Kerrisk
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@ -29,17 +29,26 @@ securetty \- file which lists terminals from which root can log in
.SH DESCRIPTION
The file
.I /etc/securetty
is used by (some versions of)
.BR login (1).
The file contains the device names of terminal lines
contains the names of terminals
(one per line, without leading
.IR /dev/ )
which are considered secure for the transmission of certain authentication
tokens.
.P
It is used by (some versions of)
.BR login (1)
to restrict the terminals
on which root is allowed to login.
See
.BR login.defs (5)
if you use the shadow suite.
.P
On PAM enabled systems, it is used for the same purpose by
.BR pam_securetty (8)
to restrict the terminals on which empty passwords are accepted.
.SH FILES
.I /etc/securetty
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR login (1),
.BR login.defs (5)
.BR login.defs (5),
.BR pam_securetty (8)