you need to add stuff to /etc/securetty
like ttyp0, ttyp1 and so on, in order
to be able to telnet as root.
On Wed, 13 May 1998, Randy Smith (at work) wrote:
> Hello,
> Still haven't resolved the problem with user "root" being able to login
> from any location. PAM, in conjunction with the /etc/securetty file is
> supposed to limit this to just those locations specified in /etc/securetty.
> The /etc/securetty file exists, with permissions 600 and owned by
> user.group root.
> I have verified that all the PAM components are installed. All the files
> are correct in the /etc/pam.d/ directory.
> What other things could cause this?
> Contents of the /etc/securetty file are: tty1 through tty6. IE: Just
> listing all the local consoles.
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