Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:18:31 +0200 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: Test 8 Kernel Unable to get the password prompt? |
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Steven Walter wrote: > > If you're logging in as root, this is probably a result of the VT not > being named in /etc/securetty. Devfsd mucks up the names, so you can > either include "1," which would allow root logins from pseudo-terminals > and other insecure places, or upgrade your util-linux to a newer > version; I'm not sure what is new enough.
Don't include "1", include "vc/1" instead. That allows root login from virtual console 1, and not from pseudo-terminals (i.e. no telnetting in as root, as usual.)
There may be some util-linux versions that don't handle "vc/1", the one in the debian distribution have no problems though.
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