From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 15 1:39:36 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 01:39:34 2000 Return-Path: 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 8887837B400 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 01:39:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from [195.11.243.26] (helo=Debug) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 146rKs-000355-00; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:39:30 +0000 To: questions@freebsd.org From: Cliff Sarginson Subject: Root user shells -revisited Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:39:30 GMT X-Mailer: www.webmail.nl.demon.net X-Sender: postmaster@btvs.demon.nl X-Originating-IP: 192.250.24.58 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It has occurred to me that there is a danger in having "extra" users with uid 0 (this follows from a previous thread about root shells). I suspect some scripts and programs check for the user name "root" and not for id "0". Which could be a problem if you want to forbid root to run something .. just a thought (he says staring at a script he wrote some time ago that has this very flaw.. :( Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message