logging in as root at the console
- From: "Bill Tangren" <bjt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:58:51 -0400 (EDT)
I have RHEL ES 4.5 boxes, fully updated, and I have (as per instructions)
removed all entries in /etc/securetty except for one line, which says
"console". When I do a CTRL+ALT+1, then try to log in a root, it fails.
When I look at the logs, I see this in /var/log/secure:
FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM (null) FOR root, Authentication failure.
My questions are, what does "console" so in /etc/securetty?
And what needs to be in /etc/securetty to allow root to log in directly,
in this fashion (i.e. in an emergency)?
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Bill Tangren
U.S. Naval Observatory
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