Description of problem: The is related with #Bug 228110. The PAM_TTY value is so overloaded that it has lost lots of its meaning. Besides having device and display in PAM_TTY means that only one of those two items may be given. So I think it would make sense to propose to upstream to add 2 new items: PAM_DEVICE the device file associated with the service, typically empty for network services like ssh or ftp PAM_DISPLAY a display string describing the display. May be set by network services that sets a virtual display, will be empty for typical login. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pam-0.99.7.1-3 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
The proposal for this new PAM_REAL_TTY was rejected upstream.