Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 23:16:34 -0500 From: "Justin L. Boss" <justin@alt-network.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, jacoulter@jacoulter.net Subject: Re: Security question - uids of 0 Message-ID: <200408172316.34568.justin@alt-network.com> In-Reply-To: <20040816145737.GA3924@sara.mshome.net> References: <20040816145737.GA3924@sara.mshome.net>
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toor is a base system user. It is a default user. It is used for several reason and is secure as long as no one can access your console directly. On Monday 16 August 2004 09:57 am, James A. Coulter wrote: > The following appeared in my latest daily security run output: > > Checking for uids of 0: > root 0 > toor 0 > > This is the first time I've seen this message. > > I checked /etc/passwd and found this: > > root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh > toor:*:0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root: > > I am running FreeBSD 4.10 as a gateway/router/firewall with IPFW for a > small home LAN. > > I ran ps -aux and looked for any processes owned by "toor" but didn't find > any. > > Is this something to be concerned about? > > Sorry if this is an obvious question, but I am still very much a newbie > and trying to learn what I can about security. > > Thanks for your patience, > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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