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Subject: docs/25656: New FAQ entry for 'toor' account (PATCH)
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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:

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        </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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