Bug 44356 – Incorrect code in "Code Listing 2: Adding ttyS0 to /etc/securetty"

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: [OLD] Docs-user

[Description Elliot Bailey 2004-03-11 06:18:14 UTC]

I found out that this isn't the way to add root access to the console port.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Following guide
Actual Results:  
Root doesn't not have access when ttyS0 is added to /etc/securetty

Expected Results:  
Given root access to ttyS0

The command should be:

# echo "tts/0" >> /etc/securetty

You would also need to add a line like this to the /etc/inittab:

s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h 9600 ttyS0 vt102

[Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2004-03-12 02:02:54 UTC]

Created attachment 27235 [details, diff]
Patch to hb-install-finalise.xml

Could a developer confirm these changes? I'm unable to verify.

This means:

* tts/0 is added to /etc/securetty
* s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -h 9600 ttyS0 vt102 is added to /etc/inittab

[Comment 2 Tobias Scherbaum (RETIRED) 2004-03-13 01:43:12 UTC]

Adding tts/0 to /etc/securetty is sufficient. I put tts/0 in /etc/securetty and could login as root on my indy's serial console ...

[Comment 3 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2004-03-13 10:07:46 UTC]

Thanks. Committed.