securetty(5) — Linux manual page

securetty(5)               File Formats Manual              securetty(5)

NAME

       securetty - list of terminals on which root is allowed to login

DESCRIPTION

       The file /etc/securetty contains the names of terminals (one per
       line, without leading /dev/) which are considered secure for the
       transmission of certain authentication tokens.

       It is used by (some versions of) login(1) to restrict the
       terminals on which root is allowed to login.  See login.defs(5)
       if you use the shadow suite.

       On PAM enabled systems, it is used for the same purpose by
       pam_securetty(8) to restrict the terminals on which empty
       passwords are accepted.

FILES

       /etc/securetty

SEE ALSO

       login(1), login.defs(5), pam_securetty(8)

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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-05-02                   securetty(5)

Pages that refer to this page: login(1@@shadow-utils), pam_securetty(8)

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