Thanks for your answer. Here is /etc/securetty: vc/1 vc/2 vc/3 vc/4 vc/5 vc/6 vc/7 vc/8 vc/9 vc/10 vc/11 tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6 tty7 tty8 tty9 tty10 tty11 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Womack" <arwbackup@worldnet.att.net> To: <pam-list@redhat.com> Cc: <david.defoort@wanadoo.fr> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 3:56 PM Subject: re: Newbie question: login not working > >> I just installed RH8.0 and have one problem with it, which is due to pam, > >> I > >> think. > >> In a terminal window, I can not do a "login <myself>" or "login root". > >> What's wrong? > > >> Here some information on what's happening and my current configuration: > > >> [dd001@wisconsin dd001]$ login dd001 > >> Password: > > >> Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info. > >> -------------------------------------------------------------- > >> [dd001@wisconsin dd001]$ login root > >> Password: > > >> Login incorrect > >> [dd001@wisconsin dd001]$ tail /var/log/messages > >> [...] > >> Dec 2 12:41:11 wisconsin PAM-securetty[2105]: Error opening > >> /etc/securetty > > Do you have a file called /etc/securetty? > > What are the contents? It should contain a list of terminals that you consider "secure" enough to let people log in from. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list > _______________________________________________ Pam-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
