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Date:      Thu, 06 May 1999 12:26:40 +0200
From:      Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it>
To:        Mikeluis <phj@mail.transfar.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What is the toor in  /etc/passwd ?
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.19990506122640.0097edd0@relay.alice.it>
In-Reply-To: <3731BE47.F86A29A0@mail.transfar.com>

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At 16.07 06/05/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Please tell me what the toor is .

  It's a "classic" alias of root (same UID). Linux-style, AFAIK. It's
useful, for example, when you want to do something as root keeping a
different environment and/or shell well configured. Define the password, if
you want to use it.

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  Stefano Riva
  Software Engineer - Systems Administrator
  Informazioni Editoriali I.E. Srl
  Phone +39-027528400, Fax +39-027528451
  Email sriva@alice.it


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