On 18 March 2010 22:12, Ali H. Caliskan <ali.h.calis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if there is any specific reason why securetty file is missing
> as symlink in /etc directory?

Because it's up to the sysadmin to create it, if wanted.

> I know that pam_securetty.so doesn't
> allow non-standard device directories as root. This is why it's
> required to redefine pam_securetty.c file, by changing these lines:
>
> #define SECURETTY_FILE "/etc/securetty"
> #define TTY_PREFIX     "/dev/"
>
Both those directories are valid as symlinks so I don't see why those
need to be changed. Doesn't pam_securetty follow symlinks?

-- 
/Jonas
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