>I think that the inability to login as "root" is a feature. Maybe there is a
it's called securetty
SECURETTY(5) Linux Programmer's Manual SECURETTY(5)
NAME
securetty - file which lists ttys from which root can log in
DESCRIPTION
/etc/securetty is used by login(1); the file contains the
device names of tty lines (one per line, without
leading /dev/) on which root is allowed to login.
FILES
/etc/securetty
SEE ALSO
login(1)
Linux December 29 1992
>/dev/console which can login as root and probably has some additional
>fields in
>its inittab entry.
>
>There is probably some file such as /etc/ttys or /etc/ttydefs that informs
>Linux
>where root can/cannot login.
exactly.
could login as non-root. Even in this case, I think that you can "su" and
get root
>capabilities.
yup, that works :)
Seth
