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4    This file was written by Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>
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7 <sect1>The securetty module
8
9 <sect2>Synopsis
10
11 <p>
12 <descrip>
13
14 <tag><bf>Module Name:</bf></tag>
15 <tt/pam_securetty/
16
17 <tag><bf>Author[s]:</bf></tag>
18 Elliot Lee &lt;sopwith@cuc.edu&gt;
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20 <tag><bf>Maintainer:</bf></tag>
21 Red Hat Software:<newline>
22 <em/currently/ Michael K. Johnson &lt;johnsonm@redhat.com&gt;<newline>
23 (if unavailable, contact Elliot Lee &lt;sopwith@cuc.edu&gt;).
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25 <tag><bf>Management groups provided:</bf></tag>
26 authentication
27
28 <tag><bf>Cryptographically sensitive:</bf></tag>
29
30 <tag><bf>Security rating:</bf></tag>
31
32 <tag><bf>Clean code base:</bf></tag>
33
34 <tag><bf>System dependencies:</bf></tag>
35 <tt>/etc/securetty</tt> file
36
37 <tag><bf>Network aware:</bf></tag>
38
39 Requires the application to fill in the <tt>PAM_TTY</tt> item
40 correctly in order to act meaningfully.
41
42 </descrip>
43
44 <sect2>Overview of module
45
46 <p>
47 Provides standard Unix securetty checking.
48
49 <sect2>Authentication component
50
51 <p>
52 <descrip>
53
54 <tag><bf>Recognized arguments:</bf></tag>
55
56 <tag><bf>Description:</bf></tag>
57
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.
61
62 <tag><bf>Examples/suggested usage:</bf></tag>
63
64 For canonical usage, should be listed as a <tt>required</tt>
65 authentication method before any <tt>sufficient</tt> authentication
66 methods.
67
68 </descrip>
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