539508 – stop using /etc/securetty by default

Bug 539508 - stop using /etc/securetty by default

Summary: stop using /etc/securetty by default

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

URL:	http://lists.alioth.debian.org/piperm...
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Blocks:	121785
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Reported:	2015-02-09 20:43 UTC by SpanKY
Modified:	2015-02-14 05:40 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-02-09 20:43:21 UTC

securetty isn't useful anymore on modern systems -- see referenced URL

unless anyone has any ideas as to when it'd make sense to have it enabled by default anymore, i'll disable it by default in shadow/pam/pambase

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-02-14 05:01:12 UTC

Commit message: Add USE=securetty and USE=nullok options
http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-auth/pambase/metadata.xml?r1=1.11&r2=1.12
http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-auth/pambase/pambase-20150213.ebuild?rev=1.1

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-02-14 05:40:56 UTC

should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report!

Commit message: Do not install /etc/securetty and disable CONSOLE checking by default
http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-apps/shadow/shadow-4.2.1-r1.ebuild?rev=1.1