On 03/07/2015 05:06 PM, Stéphane Aulery wrote: > Debian Bug #528015 reported by "Nicolas FRANCOIS (Nekral)" <nicolas.francois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=528015 > > This patch is a modified version of the one proposed without specific part to > Debian. Thanks, Stéphane. Applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@xxxxxxx> > --- > man5/securetty.5 | 17 +++++++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man5/securetty.5 b/man5/securetty.5 > index 99f6c57..88f9fb6 100644 > --- a/man5/securetty.5 > +++ b/man5/securetty.5 > @@ -29,17 +29,26 @@ securetty \- file which lists terminals from which root can log in > .SH DESCRIPTION > The file > .I /etc/securetty > -is used by (some versions of) > -.BR login (1). > -The file contains the device names of terminal lines > +contains the names of terminals > (one per line, without leading > .IR /dev/ ) > +which are considered secure for the transmission of certain authentication > +tokens. > +.P > +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. > +.P > +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 login.defs (5), > +.BR pam_securetty (8) > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
