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- From: Rob.Levin@p13.f217.n3802.z1.fidonet.org (Rob Levin)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: root login refused on some terminals, can't see kermit prompt.
- Message-ID: <724737746.AA26894@remote.halcyon.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 12:44:46 -0800
- Sender: UUCP@remote.halcyon.com
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- Replying to a message by Loemban Tobing MSD of 1:343/94@fidonet, Dec 15
- 12:18, to All:
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- LTM> Chuck Lunskis (chuck@perlab.eas.asu.edu) wrote:
- LTM> : I've got two problems, that I can't solve... I've look in the
- LTM> FAQ, and : didn't see anything related to either, so here
- LTM> goes...
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- LTM> : Why is root login refused on some terminals? I've encountered
- LTM> this in : two places. first, I've added a couple extra getty
- LTM> calls in inittab so I can : login to tty5 and tty6, but if I
- LTM> try to login as root, I get the message : "root login
- LTM> refused on this terminal." Same thing happens if I try to
- LTM> login : as root from an xterm. What do I need to do to fix
- LTM> this?
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- The file /etc/securetty is a list of terminals from which you may log
- into root. Add the additional terminals to this file.
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-
- Rob L.
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- * Origin: Via the Annex in Victoria, Texas (1:3802/217.13)
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