Securetty
I wish to query and understand what the securetty file does and how I should secure it?
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Some versions of login check if the terminal is listed in /etc/securetty before allowing root to log-in on that terminal. If you had a serial port hooked up to a modem, you might want to delete the line containing the entry for that terminal.
Suppose that you had a computer wired to several dumb terminals at work. The terminal that the administrator would work from would be in the list, and the others would be removed. PLEASE note! Your system probably uses PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules). excerpt from login man page: Code:
On most modern Linux systems PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is Actually, start with PAM. That is were authentication is handled in linux. It is common not to allow root logins at all. A person then needs to login with their user accounts and su to root when they need to perform administrative work. This it particularily true when more than one user has root access. I something went wrong, or something was done, administratively, that you don't understand, the logs will say who su'ed to root. Then you know who to ask what was done. |
Thank you for your help
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