From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 26 03:40:16 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 E321216A4CF for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 03:40:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from host190.ipowerweb.com (host190.ipowerweb.com [66.235.202.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 998FB43D41 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 03:40:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Ara@Avvali.COM) Received: (qmail 69032 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2004 03:37:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO home739bf1d748) (69.193.89.19) by host190.ipowerweb.com with SMTP; 26 Aug 2004 03:37:50 -0000 From: "Ara Avvali" To: Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:40:10 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-Index: AcSLHmNP4oGvi8RiRZGaKr1YP54C2A== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Message-Id: <20040826034015.998FB43D41@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Change root user name? possible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ara@Avvali.COM List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 03:40:16 -0000 Huh Looks like it is pointless do such a thing. Thank you for reply Message: 21 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:59:26 +0200 From: Radek Kozlowski Subject: Re: Change root user name? possible? To: Ara Avvali Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040825225926.GA25551@werd> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 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 ------------------------------ Message: 22 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 01:59:02 +0200 From: "Mania.co.il" Subject: Re: Change root user name? possible? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <1537988051.20040726015902@mania.co.il> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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