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From: "Andy [Tecc Nops]" <andy@tecc.co.uk>
To: "mudman" <mudman@R181204.resnet.ucsb.edu>,
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Subject: RE: root & toor
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:01:27 +0100
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Ak

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of mudman
> Sent: 07 June 2001 12:06
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> Subject: root & toor
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> What is the user "toor" for?  I suspect it is a security implementation
> somehow based on the reversed spelling of "root," but its detailed
> significance is not known to me.
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