From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 22:56:48 2004 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7169C16A4CE for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:56:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [195.170.0.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD54543D46 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:56:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-b215.otenet.gr [212.205.244.223]) i7PMucvU002805; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:56:39 +0300 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i7PMt8kO002624; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:55:08 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i7PMt86Z002623; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:55:08 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:55:08 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Ara Avvali <Ara@Avvali.COM> Message-ID: <20040825225508.GC2226@gothmog.gr> References: <20040825213312.79E8416A4D9@hub.freebsd.org> <20040825225051.7730643D58@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040825225051.7730643D58@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Phone: +30-2610-312145 Mobile: +30-6944-116520 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Change root user name? possible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:56:48 -0000 On 2004-08-25 18:50, Ara Avvali <Ara@Avvali.COM> wrote: > Sorry if this might sound crazy, but is there anyway to rename root account > to something else for extra security? No. At least, not as far as I know. Probably because it wouldn't provide any extra security unless you tinkered with a hell of a lot of settings; both in the default, base system and any ports/packages you installed afterwards.