Re: how to regenerate/create /etc/securetty file if deleted ???

[Ed Greshko]

On 05/31/2011 10:59 PM, Jatin K wrote:
> Dear all
>
> by mistake I've deleted a file securetty from /etc  directory :-(
>
> how do I regenerate that file again
>
> I've tried  rpm -ivh --force setup-2.*
>
> but problem is not solved
>
> any help is appreciated

One way to do this is to use rpm2cpio and pipe the output to cpio to 
extract /etc/securetty and replace it.

FWIW, unless you altered it, it is simply a text file with the following 
contents.

console
vc/1
vc/2
vc/3
vc/4
vc/5
vc/6
vc/7
vc/8
vc/9
vc/10
vc/11
tty1
tty2
tty3
tty4
tty5
tty6
tty7
tty8
tty9
tty10
tty11