Re: [gentoo-user] root can't login on console, but can ssh...

[Mick]

On Friday 14 September 2007, Daevid Vincent wrote:
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> From: Mark Shields [mailto:laebshade@×××××.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 10:07 AM
> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] root can't login on console, but can ssh...
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> On 9/13/07, Daevid Vincent <daevid@××××××.com> wrote:
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> I've posted this about two months ago without any replies. I've been
> googling and trying things, but still can't get this to work like it used
> to.
>
> I simply want root to be able to login from console (tty[1-6]) or ssh
> (pts/[0-9]) without a password. Currently ssh does work fine. It's only the
> physical console that doesn't.
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> Check out /etc/securetty (man securetty).  There should be at least one
> uncommented entry listing 'tty1' if you want to be able to log in with just
> the first virtual terminal, or if you want root to be allowed on all
> virtual terminals, add tty1 through tty12.

> Thanks Mark for the reply, however, don't I already have those set in
> /etc/securetty (as shown above)??

I am not sure if pam will allow you to do what you want (perhaps it is a 
matter of setting it up accordingly, but haven't looked into it).  Have you 
tried removing pam to see if login without passwds can happen?
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Regards,
Mick