From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 22:59:20 2004 Return-Path: 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 B736516A4CE for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:59:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from flash.mania.co.il (flash.mania.co.il [62.90.166.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CC1A43D31 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:59:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mif@mania.co.il) Received: (qmail 3816 invoked by uid 85); 25 Aug 2004 22:59:20 -0000 Received: from mif@mania.co.il by flash.mania.co.il by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (clamscan: 0.60. Clear:. Processed in 0.401957 secs); 25 Aug 2004 22:59:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO VIRTUAL-QINUT5W) (62.90.99.248) by flash.mania.co.il with SMTP; 25 Aug 2004 22:59:19 -0000 From: "Mania.co.il" X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.12.00) Personal Organization: Virtual Style X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1537988051.20040726015902@mania.co.il> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040825225051.7730643D58@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20040825213312.79E8416A4D9@hub.freebsd.org> <20040825225051.7730643D58@mx1.FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Change root user name? possible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Mania.co.il" List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:59:20 -0000 X-Original-Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 01:59:02 +0200 X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:59:20 -0000 Hello Ara, Thursday, August 26, 2004, 12:50:46 AM, you wrote: AA> Sorry if this might sound crazy, but is there anyway to rename root account AA> to something else for extra security? AA> Thank you AA> _______________________________________________ AA> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list AA> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions AA> To unsubscribe, send any mail to AA> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" That is possible. Create other account, grant him superuser priveleges, and change "root"'s privileges to regular user. -- Best regards, Mania.co.il mailto:mif@mania.co.il