From a2c5f3cadcfd2ceab9d37fc847fa0d800a95633a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karel Zak
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 00:25:56 +0100
Subject: Imported from util-linux-2.11r tarball.

---
 login-utils/login.1 | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'login-utils/login.1')

diff --git a/login-utils/login.1 b/login-utils/login.1
index d21a41efc..17b269335 100644
--- a/login-utils/login.1
+++ b/login-utils/login.1
@@ -115,10 +115,11 @@ of a tty device without the /dev/ prefix must be specified on each
 line.  If the file does not exist, root is allowed to log in on any
 tty.
 .PP
-The file
+On most modern Linux systems PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
+is used. On systems that do not use PAM, the file
 .I /etc/usertty
-specifies additional access restrictions for specific users. If this
-file does not exist, no additional access restrictions are
+specifies additional access restrictions for specific users.
+If this file does not exist, no additional access restrictions are
 imposed. The file consists of a sequence of sections. There are three
 possible section types: CLASSES, GROUPS and USERS. A CLASSES section
 defines classes of ttys and hostname patterns, A GROUPS section
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