Cannot access a system with telnet due to "pam_securetty(remote:auth): access denied: tty 'pts/??' is not secure !"

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Issue

  • Cannot access a system with telnet due to "pam_securetty(remote:auth): access denied" errors

    Dec 13 09:20:00 xxxxx login: pam_securetty(remote:auth): access denied: tty 'pts/11' is not secure !
    Dec 14 10:01:02 xxxxx login: pam_securetty(remote:auth): access denied: tty 'pts/18' is not secure !
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • pam

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