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