4 This file was written by Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>
7 <sect1>The securetty module
14 <tag><bf>Module Name:</bf></tag>
17 <tag><bf>Author[s]:</bf></tag>
18 Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>
20 <tag><bf>Maintainer:</bf></tag>
21 Red Hat Software:<newline>
22 <em/currently/ Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com><newline>
23 (if unavailable, contact Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>).
25 <tag><bf>Management groups provided:</bf></tag>
28 <tag><bf>Cryptographically sensitive:</bf></tag>
30 <tag><bf>Security rating:</bf></tag>
32 <tag><bf>Clean code base:</bf></tag>
34 <tag><bf>System dependencies:</bf></tag>
35 <tt>/etc/securetty</tt> file
37 <tag><bf>Network aware:</bf></tag>
39 Requires the application to fill in the <tt>PAM_TTY</tt> item
40 correctly in order to act meaningfully.
44 <sect2>Overview of module
47 Provides standard Unix securetty checking.
49 <sect2>Authentication component
54 <tag><bf>Recognized arguments:</bf></tag>
56 <tag><bf>Description:</bf></tag>
58 Provides standard Unix securetty checking, which causes authentication
59 for root to fail unless <tt>PAM_TTY</tt> is set to a string listed in
60 the <tt>/etc/securetty</tt> file. For all other users, it succeeds.
62 <tag><bf>Examples/suggested usage:</bf></tag>
64 For canonical usage, should be listed as a <tt>required</tt>
65 authentication method before any <tt>sufficient</tt> authentication
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