On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Marcy Cortes wrote:

> On SLES 8,
>
> /etc/securetty  contains  ttyS0
>
>
> but root is still allowed to login (via ssh port 22)
> (telnet server has been removed).
>
> We would like to disable root from being able to login
> anywhere but the console.  su'ing to root is ok, but
> security doesn't want root to be able to logon.
>
> How do I do this in SLES 8.  I accomplished it somehow
> in SLES 7, but can't seem to figure it out in 8.


Do you actually have a /dev/ttyS0? Ordinarily, it's a serial port to
which one might attach a modem.


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