Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site calma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!vecpyr!amd!pesnta!pyramid!decwrl!sun!calma!radzy From: radzy@calma.UUCP (Tim Radzykewycz) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: /etc/security doesn't work? Message-ID: <60@calma.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Nov-85 11:59:29 EST Article-I.D.: calma.60 Posted: Fri Nov 15 11:59:29 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 20-Nov-85 07:45:44 EST References: <1099@trwrdc.UUCP> Reply-To: radzy@calma.UUCP (Tim Radzykewycz) Organization: GE/Calma Co., R&D Systems Engineering, Milpitas, CA Lines: 12 In article <1099@trwrdc.UUCP> frith@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith) writes: >I've tried /etc/security with devices I want to restrict root from >and all devices I want to restrict root to.... and neither scenario >works. Is /etc/security broken or what? Is there some special >syntax I must use and what is it? The name of the file is /etc/securetty, not /etc/security. This is the list of terminals which are considered secure. -- Tim (radzy) Radzykewycz, The Incredible Radical Cabbage calma!radzy@ucbvax.ARPA {ucbvax,sun,csd-gould}!calma!radzy