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+pam_securetty:
+ Allows root logins only if the user is logging in on a
+ "secure" tty, as defined by the listing in /etc/securetty
+
+ Also checks to make sure that /etc/securetty is a plain
+ file and not world writable.
+
+ - Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>, Red Hat Software.
+ July 25, 1996.