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From: millerj@sulaco.OES.ORST.EDU (James Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: root login on console only?
Date: 19 May 1994 05:36:22 GMT
Organization: Oregon Extension Service
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Message-ID: <2retsm$cv7@gaia.ucs.orst.edu>
References: <94May18.154450.18864@eeubln.in-berlin.de>
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I believe that you are looking for something like this.  In the
/etc/ttys file to change a root login on a modem on tty00 you must
have something like this:

tty00 	"/usr/libexec/getty bidir.57600"	vt100	on secure

The secure on the end of the line allow root logins.

Hope this helps.

James Miller
millerj@oes.orst.edu
 
In article <94May18.154450.18864@eeubln.in-berlin.de>,
Nora E. Etukudo <nora@eeubln.IN-Berlin.DE> wrote:
>   Hello.
>
>   How do I allow root logins on ttys other than console?
>
>   It's FreeBSD-1.1-RELEASE.
>
>   I've bothered with /etc/ttys, /etc/securetty w/o luck.
>
>   Thank's, Nora.
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