Linux-Hams archive - October 1999: Re: how to allow root telnet only within local ethernet

Re: how to allow root telnet only within local ethernet

Fulvio Postogna (clzfdpk@golems.cz)
Sat, 02 Oct 1999 15:50:53 +0200


Hello,
others may confirm but, I guess if in the file /etc/securetty you have
some entries like:

ttyS0
ttyS1
ttyS2
ttyS4

root is allowed to login form those lines, if you remove them root will
not log in from there any more ...

for the ethernet use ttyp0 ... ttypN N={0,1,..;n}

bye Fulvio