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Re: logging in over serial line



On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 11:36:08AM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote:
> Hi All,
> I've set up a box here where the main method for logging in is through
> the serial line
> 
> S0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS0 9600
> <snipped from inittab>
> 
> the problem is that the default setting is to not allow root loggins. 
> Does anyone know where these permissions live?

Check /etc/securetty

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