<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Configure incidentals</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Remote Serial Console HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="No getty" HREF="getty-none.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Allow root to login from serial console" HREF="misc-securetty.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="CHAPTER" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Remote Serial Console HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="getty-none.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="misc-securetty.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="CHAPTER" ><H1 ><A NAME="MISC" ></A >Chapter 7. Configure incidentals</H1 ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >7.1. <A HREF="misc-securetty.html" >Allow <SPAN CLASS="SYSTEMITEM" >root</SPAN > to login from serial console</A ></DT ><DT >7.2. <A HREF="misc-init.html" >Change <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >init</SPAN > level to textual</A ></DT ><DT >7.3. <A HREF="misc-remove-ioctl-save.html" >Remove saved console settings</A ></DT ><DT >7.4. <A HREF="misc-devmodem.html" >Serial console is not <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev/modem</TT ></A ></DT ><DT >7.5. <A HREF="misc-devsystty.html" >Alter target of <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev/systty</TT ></A ></DT ><DT >7.6. <A HREF="misc-pam.html" >Configure Pluggable Authentication Modules</A ></DT ><DT >7.7. <A HREF="misc-configure-rhl.html" >Configure <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Red Hat Linux</SPAN ></A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ><P >A surprising number of other configuration files need small modifications before the serial console works well.</P ><P >The configuration of many items depends upon your security requirements, especially depending upon the level of trust and corresponding need for security at the remote site. By assuming a high need for security at the remote site this <I CLASS="CITETITLE" >HOWTO</I > can illustrate a large number of configuration items.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="getty-none.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="misc-securetty.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >No <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >getty</SPAN ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Allow <SPAN CLASS="SYSTEMITEM" >root</SPAN > to login from serial console</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >