It also appears to affect cups. # systemctl status cups.service ● cups.service - CUPS Scheduler Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-11-05 15:45:21 EST; 32min ago TriggeredBy: ● cups.path ● cups.socket Docs: man:cupsd(8) Main PID: 1216169 (cupsd) Tasks: 3 (limit: 76795) Memory: 12.3M CGroup: /system.slice/cups.service ├─1216169 /usr/sbin/cupsd -l ├─1216235 /usr/lib/cups/notifier/dbus dbus:// └─1216236 /usr/lib/cups/notifier/dbus dbus://
Nov 05 15:45:21 Cortex1 systemd[1]: Started CUPS Scheduler. Nov 05 15:45:50 Cortex1 cupsd[1216169]: pam_unix(cups:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory Nov 05 15:45:50 Cortex1 cupsd[1216169]: pam_unix(cups:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory Nov 05 15:45:55 Cortex1 cupsd[1216169]: pam_unix(cups:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory Nov 05 15:45:55 Cortex1 cupsd[1216169]: pam_unix(cups:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory Nov 05 15:47:57 Cortex1 cupsd[1216169]: pam_unix(cups:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory Nov 05 15:47:57 Cortex1 cupsd[1216169]: pam_unix(cups:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory Nov 05 15:50:01 Cortex1 cupsd[1216169]: pam_unix(cups:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory Nov 05 15:50:01 Cortex1 cupsd[1216169]: pam_unix(cups:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory I created an empty file to silence the error, but I'm a bit dismayed that this file was removed without coordination with the pam project, or at least patching or configuring pam to avoid this error. Clearly this impacts more than just a deprecated telnet. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860826 Title: pam_unix(sudo:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/1860826/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs