On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Rene Hexel wrote:

> Brian Stark wrote:
> 
> > I installed ssh from the package collection today and I noticed that my
> > defintions of secure terminals in /etc/ttys are being ignored when
> > using ssh. For example:
> 
>   Since sshd is not a getty process, nor started from init, it does not
> use the definitions in /etc/ttys.  Instead, sshd uses a config file
> called /etc/sshd_config ('man sshd' for more information).  The keyword
> you are looking for is 'PermitRootLogin'.

Ok... I blindly assumed that it would use /etc/ttys to see if root access
should be permitted or not. Thanks for the information!

Brian
bstark@uswest.net