Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 16:07:07 +0000 (GMT) From: mark@type49.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/25656: New FAQ entry for 'toor' account (PATCH) Message-ID: <20010310160707.0C89D1AD2@type49.com>
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>Number: 25656
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: New FAQ entry for 'toor' account (PATCH)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Mar 10 08:10:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: mark drayton
>Release: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD type49.com 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #0: Tue Feb 13 13:43:54 GMT 2001 root@type49.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
New FAQ entry to answer "what's this 'toor' account?"
>How-To-Repeat:
Read -questions.
>Fix:
*** /usr/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Thu Mar 8 11:01:25 2001
--- book.sgml Sat Mar 10 15:35:17 2001
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*** 6263,6268 ****
--- 6263,6297 ----
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
+ <question id="toor-account">
+ <para>What's this UID 0 'toor' account? Have I been compromised?</para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>Don't worry. toor is an 'alternative' root account
+ (toor is root spelt backwards). Previously it was created
+ when the bash shell was installed but recently it has been
+ created by default. It was installed with bash so you
+ could use the bash shell as a root user, without changing
+ the real root user's default shell. This is important as
+ bash would likely be installed in <filename>/usr/local/bin
+ </filename> which, by default, resides on a different disk
+ partition. If root's shell is set to <filename>
+ /usr/local/bin/bash</filename> and <filename>/usr</filename>
+ is unmountable for some reason, root won't be able to log in
+ to fix the problem (although if you reboot into single user
+ mode you'll be prompted for the path to a shell).</para>
+ <para>
+ Some people use toor for day-to-day root tasks with the bash
+ shell, leaving root (with /bin/csh or /bin/sh) for single
+ user mode or emergencies. By default you can't log in using
+ toor as it doesn't have a password, so log in as root and
+ set a password for toor: <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>passwd toor</userinput></screen>
+ then log out and try logging in as toor.</para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+ <qandaentry>
<question id="forgot-root-pw">
<para>Eek! I forgot the root password!</para>
</question><answer>
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