Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 20:37:00 -0600 From: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: login.conf Message-ID: <33B5CA4B.29EB@verinet.com>
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Is the /ect/login.conf optional? I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 and in an effort to discover why I could not login as root from a psuedo terminal, I discovered that login.conf was not installed in /etc. When I attempt to login as root from another host, the system console displays; login: LOGIN root REFUSED (NOROOT) FROM my.other.host ON TTY ttyp0. I have read much of the available information regarding login.conf, login.access and the login process, both in the system docs and on the web, and I have not found any answers. The login.conf man page says that the 'root' record, if present, will be used for a 0 UID, and the 'default' record will be used when no root record exists. What happens when the login.conf is missing altogether?
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