From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 7 9:25:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2209E37B404 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 09:25:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16YsIW-0003SF-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 07 Feb 2002 17:25:25 +0000 Received: from angel.raggedclown.net (angel.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.7]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [buffy]) with ESMTP id 942BC13040 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 18:25:22 +0100 (CET) Received: by angel.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [angel], from userid 1001) id A950A22590; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 18:25:22 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 18:25:22 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: toor? Message-ID: <20020207172522.GA2088@raggedclown.net> References: <001e01c1af94$a14e04f0$2300a8c0@zeus> <20020207091505.A1036@encephalon.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020207091505.A1036@encephalon.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 09:15:05AM +0100, Roger Kaputtnik wrote: > Hi. > > > Can someone please explain to me what 'toor' is for and its use? > > Thanks... > > It is "root" spelled backwards. You cant use this user, because this on has a * in the passwd. > Give him a password and this on is as powerful as root is, well he is also root. > 1. Delete this one, you dont need it > 2. Give him a password and use this one if you lost your root password, or some other shit happend to you root account. > > The best choice is to delete this guy. imho > It is not your best choice. If you want a root user with /bin/sh instead of /bin/csh then give toor a password, the same one as root if you like, and use toor. If you prefer to use the csh as root then use root. It is purely a matter of your preference. That is why the choice is there. Since actions performed as root are critical to system operation is perhaps wiser to use a shell you are familiar with than one with which you are not. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message