[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] skeleton: add default login port to /etc/securetty

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 07/13/12 05:19, roylee17 at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Tzu-Jung Lee<tjlee at ambarella.com>
>
> We ran into a "Login incorrect" problem when running the same rootfs
> image across platforms with different loging ports ttyS0/1/2/3.
>
> Simply assignning "console" to BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT, which in
> turn modifies the /etc/inittab, is not enough because the "console" device
> was missing in the /etc/securetty.
>
> While current securetty has enumerated a lot of ttys, this patch should save
> some efforts to enumerate more.
>
> Change-Id: Ifb1239c80eb86528345b24eb8d04b52b67aa1209
> Signed-off-by: Tzu-Jung Lee<tjlee at ambarella.com>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>

  But perhaps it's even better to remove securetty completely?  If it just
enumerates all possible ttys (even non-existent ones), it doesn't really add
security...  (Note: I haven't verified if util-linux's login allows root login if
/etc/securetty is missing.)


  Regards,
  Arnout
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