what restrict telnet for root itself but allow for other user

Question Posted / dalwinder singh

3 Answers
11188 Views
CA, I also Faced
E-Mail Answers

Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback

what restrict telnet for root itself but allow for other user ..

Answer / d.jagankumar

vi /etc/pam.d/login

auth required pam_securetty.so== 1st line
should be placed as required.if we change the option as
sufficient instead of required telnet can login as "root".

Is This Answer Correct ?

4 Yes

1 No

what restrict telnet for root itself but allow for other user ..

Answer / raju

Root can login through telnet session, but by default it is
disabled. You can enable by appending /etc/securetty file
open /etc/securetty using vi

#vi /etc/securetty

pts/0
pts/1

don't remove anything from this /etc/securetty , just
append your entr

Is This Answer Correct ?

6 Yes

3 No

what restrict telnet for root itself but allow for other user ..

Answer / sandy

By default root user is not allowed to login via telnet.

Is This Answer Correct ?

2 Yes

1 No

Post New Answer

More Linux AllOther Interview Questions

What is Hard mount and soft Mount?

0 Answers Cap Gemini,

1. User gaves df -h and the system get hanged. why ? 2. what is the hardlink and softlink mount ? 3. why is portmape should be started ? 4. what is nologin option 5. how to restrict users from accessing nfs ? 6. what is the difference between cpio and tar 7. what are the kernel parameters ? how to find out it ? 8. why we use sysctl.conf ? 9. if we gives init1 from multiuser runlevel, will it affect other users who already logged in to the system ? 10. what will be the available space to use after configuering raid5 with 5 disks each having 5gb spce ?

0 Answers Oracle,

what is kernel panic error ? how will you fix it if you have face it after rebooting without the the help of rescue disk ?

2 Answers Oracle,

How to Create NIS Server And NIS Client? Explain With Example?

1 Answers Cisco,

what is the difference betweenh the NFS and FTP?

4 Answers IBM,

How to trace any process background processing?

5 Answers

what is the use of runlevel 4 in redhat linux? in which cases it will use.

1 Answers

how do i check which package has installed some command suppose ls , mkdir or whatever ???