Bug 62840 – pam doesn't work with symlinks in /etc/securetty

Bug 62840 - pam doesn't work with symlinks in /etc/securetty

Summary:	pam doesn't work with symlinks in /etc/securetty

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	pam (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Tomas Mraz
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Reported:	2002-04-05 20:12 EST by hjl
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:41 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2004-10-21 09:47:47 EDT
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Description hjl 2002-04-05 20:12:14 EST

If you put a symlink from /dev in /etc/securetty, like

# cd /dev
# ln -s ttyS0 ttyFOO
# grep -v ttyS0 /etc/securetty > /tmp/securetty
# echo ttyFOO >> /tmp/securetty
# mv /tmp/securetty /etc

root can't log in on /dev/ttyS0 even though
ttyFOO is in /etc/securetty

Comment 1 Tomas Mraz 2004-10-21 09:47:47 EDT

This can be viewed as a feature - you are not logging in from ttyF00
but from ttyS0, so ttyS0 should be in securetty not ttyF00.

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