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- From: jpd@discovery.msu.edu (Joe P. DeCello)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: /etc/ttytab
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.183641.13362@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 18:36:41 GMT
- References: <1992Sep1.151437.21804@meaddata.com>
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- In article 21804@meaddata.com, mah@meaddata.com (Michael Henderson) writes:
- > When I remove the secure entry from the console line in the ttytab file, or
- > change secure to insecure, the workstation requires a password when
- > booting single user. This is what I want it to do, but this also causes
- > root logins on the console not to be allowed. Is there a way to have a
- > password required upon a single user boot, but still allow root login
- > on the console when up muli-user? I have left the secure option on for
- > the ptys so root can login remotely once up multi-user.
- >
- > Thanks for any input.
- >
- >
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- > |Michael Henderson | | (513) 865-5725
- > |Mead Data Central | |Engineering Productivity
- > |P.O. Box 933 | | mah@meaddata.com
- > |Dayton, Ohio 45401 | | ...!uunet!meaddata!mah
- >
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- Leave the "secure" in the console entry of /etc/ttytab and
- add the following to the end of /.profile
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- login root
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- It's been a while, so try this first before depending upon it.
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