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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  al-
       lowed 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)

COLOPHON
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       found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

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