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Date:      Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:24:59 +0100
From:      Lewis Thompson <lewiz@fajita.org>
To:        Ara Avvali <Ara@Avvali.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Change root user name? possible?
Message-ID:  <20040825232459.GA7971@fajita.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040825230315.535D643D39@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20040825225508.GC2226@gothmog.gr> <20040825230315.535D643D39@mx1.FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 07:03:10PM -0400, Ara Avvali wrote:
> What I mean if someone wants to hack to machine or even get physical acce=
ss
> half of the job is done by knowing the root user name.

But they could just look in the passwd file...

-lewiz.

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