On 8/1/2000 Jim B wrote:
One other quickie: what's the functional difference between
/etc/login.access and /etc/security/access.conf? When I place
restrictions in the latter, nothing seems to happen, though the files are
in exactly the same format. What then is the purpose of the one in
OK thanks for the info... I seem to have /etc/login.access working
now. The problem was as you had indicated... the user I was trying to
restrict was a member of my root group so unless I restrict him
explicitly with his own entry in login.access, he can also log in on
tty1. Other users are
On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Jim B wrote:
As for why we're using group root and not wheel, there's a little note
from RMS in the su man page... check it out. (Personally I disagree with
that thinking on this, but that's where the explanation is.)
Actually it's in the su info page. I thought it was
Hi, I have a question pertaining to /etc/login.access. I seem to be a
little confused about exactly how this file is read by login.
The format is straightforward and makes sense but I am trying to restrict
tty1 to root logins and I can't seem to get it just right.
Here's what I have so far.
Sorry for replying to my own post, but I made a little mistake... I don't
have ROOT but rather root :P
So it shouldn't be a case-sensitivity issue... that was just a typo in my
e-mail to the list. :-\
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Jim B wrote:
# Restrict tty to root (this is what I'm trying to
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