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[George Mochrie <geo AT drasil.uklinux.net>]

the /etc/securetty file lists terminals from which root can login. because we 
have a slightly quirky setup for devices the LFS suggestion won't work. 
here's the contents of my file:

/devices/vc/1
/devices/vc/2
/devices/vc/3
/devices/vc/4

this will allow root to log in from the 1st 4 virtual consoles.

i have also found that the pam setup for kde seems to have some problems. 
when 
pam is enabled i cannot authenticate myself as root using kdm or when the 
screen is locked. i renamed /etc/pam.d/kde to /etc/pam.d/kde.old and this 
fixed the problem, although i suspect it's a gaping security hole. if anyone 
knows how to fix this i'd like to know :)

i hope this helps, pam is nice and it seems a shame not to use it, despite 
the 
niggles.

On Thursday 08 August 2002 1:08 am, ari.steinberg AT stanford.edu wrote:
> Hey, I finally got finished with a fresh install of Source Mage on my
> new hard drive, and while the installation went fairly smooth, a few
> things have popped up.  I'm going to do 2 messages so the threads will
> be easier to follow.
>
> First, Linux-PAM gave me a few problems, causing me to eventually give
> up on it and to dispel it.  Specifically, every time I logged in after
> casting it, I got a message saying something to the effect of "couldn't
> find /etc/securetty".  It still logged in fine, but gave a few other
> messages which unfortunately I did not save.  I did choose to recast all
> pam-aware spells (which was just shadow) after casting Linux-PAM.  I
> checked and indeed the file /etc/securetty did not exist.
>
> I tried creating this file with "touch /etc/securetty", but then I could
> no longer log in - even root was supposedly not a valid login.  Next I
> searched online and found a few old messages on this list mentioning
> this problem, as well as some information about pam on LinuxFromScratch.
>  Their page suggested that the file /etc/securetty be created with 6 lines:
> tty1
> tty2
> ..
> tty6
> which I did, but this still did not work, so I had to delete the file.
> I tried dispelling and recasting both pam and shadow numerous times, but
> was unable to get it to work, so I finally gave up on pam.  Any ideas
> what the problem could have been?
>
> -Ari
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George Mochrie
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