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home | helpx minix x x minixx SECURETTY(5) Linux Programmer's Manual SECURETTY(5) NAME securetty - file which lists terminals from which root can log in DESCRIPTION The file /etc/securetty contains the names of terminals (one per line, without leading /dev/) which are considered secure for the transmission of certain authentication tokens. It is used by (some versions of) login(1) to restrict the terminals on which root is allowed to login. See login.defs(5) if you use the shadow suite. On PAM enabled systems, it is used for the same purpose by pam_se- curetty(8) to restrict the terminals on which empty passwords are ac- cepted. FILES /etc/securetty SEE ALSO login(1), login.defs(5), pam_securetty(8) COLOPHON This page is part of release 5.05 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. Linux 2015-03-29 SECURETTY(5)
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