Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 08:13:18 -0700 (PDT) From: ron@cts.com To: Chad William Monteith <cwm@Marlar.phys.du.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Weird default users Message-ID: <XFMail.970810081918.ron@cts.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970810031659.5273A-100000@Marlar.phys.du.edu>
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Chad, Don't worry about anyone logging into an account with a '*' as the password. If toor (root backwards) and xten cause you anxiety, delete them. Be careful about deleting the 'games' user, however. You may find that your computer will boot-up playing xdoom... then, however, you may not. Ron On 10-Aug-97 Chad William Monteith wrote: >>Greetings, > in using vipw, I found some weird default users names that I >didnot know where supposed to be ther, and would like to know what they >are for. > I found out about this one with my daily report which sent a list >of users with ID#0(Root access). The first was toor, said something about >a bourne shell login. Next (didnt have a ID#0) was xten. What are these >used for? I know the uses of ones like daemon, UUCP, etc. But those >confused me, and I dont like having anybody with root access except for >root. > I also do not want a 'games' user, will the system do anything >weird if I delete that default user? >Thanks again. > > ---------------------------------- E-Mail: ron@cts.com Date: 08/10/97 Time: 08:13:18 This message was sent by XF-Mail ----------------------------------
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