Re: ttyv for local only?

From: Neo-Vortex (root_at_Neo-Vortex.Ath.Cx)
Date: 06/27/04

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    Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:19:51 +1000 (EST)
To: Dave <mudman@metafocus.net>

    Hmmm, ttyv* is for local console's only (normally anyway) and ttyp* is for
    remote (ssh, screen, telnet, etc), are you sure some idiot didnt try to
    logon as qmaild in the third console when you wernt looking?

    On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Dave wrote:

    >
    > I get this in my security postings.
    >
    > Jun [undisclosed time] [undiscl.] login: 2 LOGIN FAILURES ON ttyv2
    > Jun [undisclosed time] [undiscl.] login: 2 LOGIN FAILURES ON ttyv2, qmaild
    >
    > As it turns out, I'm not running qmail :) And if I did, it would
    > definitely have a nologin shell. But that's beside the point-
    >
    > I have had a perception that ttyv was for local/console logins, and that
    > just "tty" was for remote logins.
    >
    > Is my understanding wrong here?
    >
    >
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