On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>it was only a
>curiosity, Wondering how it worked, I know that you should use 'su' and all
>that... just seeking deeper insight into things I dont understand :) 

It's enforced via PAM, specifically by the "securetty" line in
"/etc/pam.d/login".

    auth       required     /lib/security/pam_securetty.so

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