pam_securetty
Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>
Red Hat Software:
currently Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>
(if unavailable, contact Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>).
authentication
/etc/securetty
file
Requires the application to fill in the PAM_TTY
item
correctly in order to act meaningfully.
Provides standard Unix securetty checking.
Provides standard Unix securetty checking, which causes authentication
for root to fail unless PAM_TTY
is set to a string listed in
the /etc/securetty
file. For all other users, it succeeds.
For canonical usage, should be listed as a required
authentication method before any sufficient
authentication
methods.