securetty - list of terminals on which root is allowed to login
The file /etc/securetty contains the names of terminals (one
per line, without leading /dev/) which are considered secure
for the transmission of certain authentication tokens.
It is used by (some versions of) login(1) to restrict the terminals on which root is allowed to login. See login.defs(5) if you use the shadow suite.
On PAM enabled systems, it is used for the same purpose by pam_securetty(8) to restrict the terminals on which empty passwords are accepted.
/etc/securetty
login(1), login.defs(5), pam_securetty(8)