Re: Root login from selected macchines

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From: Paul Wilkins
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 00:00

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Graham Philip Crowe wrote:
> 
> I remember seeing someone here asking for help because they were unable to log
> in from other machines as root.
> 
> I have found something that may be of help to that person.
> 
> In the 'login' man page I found reference to a file /etc/usertty.
> This file can contain a list of users and groups and where they can login from.
> 
> This will allow a sysadmin to specify certain machines or subnets that can login
> directly as root.
> 
> Read the man page for details on this file!

err...
that's /etc/securetty surely!?

Paul

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From: Paul Wilkins <paulw@tmpw.com.au>
Subject: Re: Root login from selected macchines
Date: 1997/10/27
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