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diff --git a/man5/securetty.5 b/man5/securetty.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a32db97 --- /dev/null +++ b/man5/securetty.5 @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de), +.\" Fri Apr 2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993 +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later +.\" +.\" Modified Sun Jul 25 11:06:27 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.TH securetty 5 2022-10-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +securetty \- list of terminals on which root is allowed to login +.SH DESCRIPTION +The file +.I /etc/securetty +contains the names of terminals +(one per line, without leading +.IR /dev/ ) +which are considered secure for the transmission of certain authentication +tokens. +.PP +It is used by (some versions of) +.BR login (1) +to restrict the terminals +on which root is allowed to login. +See +.BR login.defs (5) +if you use the shadow suite. +.PP +On PAM enabled systems, it is used for the same purpose by +.BR pam_securetty (8) +to restrict the terminals on which empty passwords are accepted. +.SH FILES +.I /etc/securetty +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR login (1), +.BR login.defs (5), +.BR pam_securetty (8) |