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> From grog@lemis.com Fri Jan 30 22:36:08 1998
> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 09:03:37 +1030
> From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
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> On Fri, Jan 30, 1998 at 10:03:20PM +0000, original man wrote:

[snippage]

> >> Ok I use Freebsd but I wonder
> >> what the heck is
> >> toor:*:0:0::0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root:
> >>
> >> anyone know?:/
> >>
> > toor (= root spelled backwards) is another userid for root.  Having at least one other user
> > account with root privilege gives you the following (not necessarily in descending order):
> >
> > 1. Another way to access the system in case you forget root's password
> > 2. A method of assigning trusted users root access without them sharing a single userid
> >    (you can keep track of what trusted user is doing what.)
> 
> How do you do that?  They both get user ID 0, and the password
> routines are stupid enough to give you the wrong one when you try to
> change back.
> 
oops, that slipped past me ... ;-)

[more snippage]

i'khala