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Re: Root login from selected macchines

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From: Justin Wills
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 00:00
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Graham Philip Crowe wrote:

> No, in the 'login' man page it tells how to setup '/etc/usertty' not securetty
>
>

well if your only worried about user root, use /etc/securetty



> sPaul Wilkins (paulw@tmpw.com.au) wrote:
> : 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: Justin Wills <justin@nectar.com.au>
Subject: Re: Root login from selected macchines
Date: 1997/10/30
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