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From: bouyer@bsd60.ensta.fr (Manuel Bouyer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: NetBSD login problem
Date: 4 Sep 1994 14:47:20 GMT
Organization: Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, Paris
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In article <34cth8$6ie@prime.mdata.fi>, jhaakana@mits.mdata.fi (Jaakko Haakana) writes:
|> Why does the NetBSD complain "root login REFUSED on this terminal" when
|> trying to login as root. Any other user logins work fine. Just tell me
|> what can possible cause this, please.
|> 
Take a look at the file /etc/ttys. All terminals marked "secure" allow root
login, those marked insecure don't.

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Manuel Bouyer, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, Paris
email: bouyer@ensta.fr
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