From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 22:59:19 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 B0CEF16A4CE for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:59:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from raadradd.homeunix.org (bwl210.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl [83.29.235.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AF9943D1D for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:59:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from radek@raadradd.com) Received: by raadradd.homeunix.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E2DF8A52F; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:59:26 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:59:26 +0200 From: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> To: Ara Avvali <Ara@Avvali.COM> Message-ID: <20040825225926.GA25551@werd> References: <20040825213312.79E8416A4D9@hub.freebsd.org> <20040825225051.7730643D58@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040825225051.7730643D58@mx1.FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i 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 22:59:19 -0000 On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 06:50:46PM -0400, Ara Avvali wrote: > Sorry if this might sound crazy, but is there anyway to rename root account > to something else for extra security? > Thank you I don't think it would increase your security, because any person that has access to your machine could perform `pw usershow -u 0` and get the name of superuser's account. You'd be much better off setting PermitRootLogin to No in sshd_config and using only su everytime you need root privileges. -Radek