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+'\" t
+.\" Title: pam_securetty
+.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 06/08/2020
+.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "PAM_SECURETTY" "8" "06/08/2020" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+pam_securetty \- Limit root login to special devices
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.HP \w'\fBpam_securetty\&.so\fR\ 'u
+\fBpam_securetty\&.so\fR [debug]
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+pam_securetty is a PAM module that allows root logins only if the user is logging in on a "secure" tty, as defined by the listing in the
+securetty
+file\&. pam_securetty checks at first, if
+/etc/securetty
+exists\&. If not and it was built with vendordir support, it will use
+<vendordir>/securetty\&. pam_securetty also checks that the
+securetty
+files are plain files and not world writable\&. It will also allow root logins on the tty specified with
+\fBconsole=\fR
+switch on the kernel command line and on ttys from the
+/sys/class/tty/console/active\&.
+.PP
+This module has no effect on non\-root users and requires that the application fills in the
+\fBPAM_TTY\fR
+item correctly\&.
+.PP
+For canonical usage, should be listed as a
+\fBrequired\fR
+authentication method before any
+\fBsufficient\fR
+authentication methods\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\fBdebug\fR
+.RS 4
+Print debug information\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBnoconsole\fR
+.RS 4
+Do not automatically allow root logins on the kernel console device, as specified on the kernel command line or by the sys file, if it is not also specified in the
+securetty
+file\&.
+.RE
+.SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED"
+.PP
+Only the
+\fBauth\fR
+module type is provided\&.
+.SH "RETURN VALUES"
+.PP
+PAM_SUCCESS
+.RS 4
+The user is allowed to continue authentication\&. Either the user is not root, or the root user is trying to log in on an acceptable device\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_AUTH_ERR
+.RS 4
+Authentication is rejected\&. Either root is attempting to log in via an unacceptable device, or the
+securetty
+file is world writable or not a normal file\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_BUF_ERR
+.RS 4
+Memory buffer error\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_CONV_ERR
+.RS 4
+The conversation method supplied by the application failed to obtain the username\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_INCOMPLETE
+.RS 4
+The conversation method supplied by the application returned PAM_CONV_AGAIN\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_SERVICE_ERR
+.RS 4
+An error occurred while the module was determining the user\*(Aqs name or tty, or the module could not open the
+securetty
+file\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
+.RS 4
+The module could not find the user name in the
+/etc/passwd
+file to verify whether the user had a UID of 0\&. Therefore, the results of running this module are ignored\&.
+.RE
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.PP
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+auth required pam_securetty\&.so
+auth required pam_unix\&.so
+
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.sp
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBsecuretty\fR(5),
+\fBpam.conf\fR(5),
+\fBpam.d\fR(5),
+\fBpam\fR(8)
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+pam_securetty was written by Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc\&.edu>\&.