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SECURETTY(5)                          Linux Programmer's 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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