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Article #54426Re: Root login from selected macchines
From: Justin Wills
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 00:00
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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,93385459537d59b8 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: 10a997,93385459537d59b8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a997,public From: Justin Wills <justin@nectar.com.au> Subject: Re: Root login from selected macchines Date: 1997/10/30 Message-ID: <3457E734.90D1160B@nectar.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 285932543 References: <62p8pr$1ud$3@wyrm.its.uow.edu.au> <34543559.751BDBC7@tmpw.com.au> <6367as$npr$1@wyrm.its.uow.edu.au> Distribution: aus Organization: Alcatel Australia Limited Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions