Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 11:02:13 -0700 () From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is the toor in /etc/passwd ? Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.95.990506110007.-24275A-100000@akane> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990506122640.0097edd0@relay.alice.it>
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> >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. Which poses a question, could you setup a user like an Admin person who has rights to addusers, move files, etc. But is not able to do any of the other root procedures. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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