Bug 105729 – Restricting Console Usage root: vc/1 for devfs, tty1 for udev

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

[Description adr 2005-09-12 13:23:02 UTC]

2.d. Restricting Console Usage of the Gentoo Security Handbook

Commenting out all but vc/1 works for devfs. For udev it must be commenting out 
all but tty1.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Change /etc/securetty
2. Try login as root (not su -)
3.




http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-379580-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-
highlight-.html:

People upgrading from devfs to udev (like myself), *after* having commented out 
all but vc/1 (the devfs situation), can't login as root, and probably don't know 
why. Maybe there must be something in the Gentoo udev Guide (http://www.gentoo.
org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml) about this "bug". :-)

[Comment 1 Jan Kundrát (RETIRED) 2005-09-12 13:29:12 UTC]

 (In reply to comment #0) 
> Maybe there must be something in the Gentoo udev Guide (http://www.gentoo. 
> org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml) about this "bug". :-) 
 
It is not a bug, udev just calls the terminal differently :-). 
 
But you're right, both doc/en/udev-guide.xml and doc/en/security/shb-tight.xml 
should be fixed. 
 
 

[Comment 2 Shyam Mani (RETIRED) 2005-09-22 22:37:29 UTC]

Experienced this nasty thing myself. 

[Comment 3 Shyam Mani (RETIRED) 2006-03-03 22:05:55 UTC]

Fixed, thanks for reporting!

[Comment 4 adr 2006-03-03 23:59:46 UTC]

The Security Guide is fixed, but the Udev (upgrade) Guide (version January 5, 2006) still needs a short warning in the "No Consistent Naming between DevFS and udev" section. Otherwise people still can't login, and probably don't know why...  :-)

[Comment 5 Shyam Mani (RETIRED) 2006-03-24 23:19:10 UTC]

My bad!

Fixed now, for good :)