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+.\" Copyright (C) 2003 International Business Machines Corp.
+.\" This file is distributed according to the GNU General Public License.
+.\" See the file COPYING in the top level source directory for details.
+.\"
+.de Sh \" Subsection
+.br
+.if t .Sp
+.ne 5
+.PP
+\fB\\$1\fR
+.PP
+..
+.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP)
+.if t .sp .5v
+.if n .sp
+..
+.de Ip \" List item
+.br
+.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3
+.el .ne 3
+.IP "\\$1" \\$2
+..
+.TH "PAM_SECURETTY" 8 "2003-02-21" "Linux 2.4" "System Administrator's Manual"
+.SH NAME
+pam_securetty \- Limits root to logging in on devices listed in /etc/securetty
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.ad l
+.hy 0
+
+/usr/security/pam_securetty
+.sp
+.ad
+.hy
+
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+
+.PP
+\fBpam_securetty\fR is a PAM module that allows root logins only if the
+user is logging in on a "secure" tty, as defined by the listing in
+\fI/etc/securetty\fR.
+\fBpam_securetty\fR also checks to make sure that \fI/etc/securetty\fR
+is a plain file and not world writable.
+
+.PP
+This module has no effect on non-root users.
+
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\fBpam_securetty\fR has no options.
+
+.SH "RETURN CODES"
+.PP
+\fBpam_securetty\fR has the following return codes:
+.TP
+PAM_SUCCESS
+The user is allowed to continue authentication.
+Either the user is not root, or the root user is trying to log in on
+an acceptable device.
+
+.TP
+PAM_AUTH_ERR
+Authentication is rejected.
+Either root is attempting to log in via an unacceptable device,
+or the \fI/etc/securetty\fR file is world writable or not a normal file.
+
+.TP
+PAM_INCOMPLETE
+An application error occurred. \fBpam_securetty\fR was not able to get
+information it required from the application that called it.
+
+.TP
+PAM_SERVICE_ERR
+An error occurred while the module was determining the user's name or tty,
+or the module could not open \fI/etc/securetty\fR.
+
+.TP
+PAM_IGNORE
+The module could not find the user name in the
+\fI/etc/passwd\fR file to verify whether the user had a UID of 0.
+Therefore, the results of running this module are ignored.
+
+.SH "HISTORY"
+
+.PP
+\fBpam_securetty\fR was written by Elliot Lee.
+
+.SH "FILES"
+
+.PP
+ \fI/etc/securetty\fR
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+
+.PP
+\fBpam.conf\fR(8), \fBpam.d\fR(8), \fBpam\fR(8), \fBsecuretty\fR(8).
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+Emily Ratliff.