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Date:      Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:15:49 GMT
From:      Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 860b8fec5374 - main - ttys: Document insecure flag
Message-ID:  <202310261615.39QGFn6g056018@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by imp:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=860b8fec5374e3d88950ff4160cd04c53c9d571c

commit 860b8fec5374e3d88950ff4160cd04c53c9d571c
Author:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-10-26 16:09:16 +0000
Commit:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-10-26 16:12:57 +0000

    ttys: Document insecure flag
    
    Both the secure and insecure flag is documented in init(8). the secure
    flag is documented here; however, the insecure flag is not. Nor is the
    nuance that a line missing the 'secure' flag is also considered
    insecure. Document both here.
    
    Sponsored by:           Netflix
---
 libexec/getty/ttys.5 | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libexec/getty/ttys.5 b/libexec/getty/ttys.5
index f0173e0f4516..132b921084d8 100644
--- a/libexec/getty/ttys.5
+++ b/libexec/getty/ttys.5
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ path.
 Otherwise, it is considered a path relative to
 .Pa /dev .
 The flag ``secure'' (if the console is enabled) allows users with a
-uid of 0 to login on
-this line.
+uid of 0 to login on this line.
+The flag ``insecure'' as well as the absence of the ``secure'' flag
+disallows users with uid of 0 to login on this line.
 The flag ``dialup'' indicates that a tty entry describes a dialin
 line, and ``network'' is obsolete and does nothing.
 Either of these strings may also be specified in the terminal type



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