Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 09:00:34 -0500 From: mikel <mikel@upan.org> To: Matt Chew Spence <matt@nren.nasa.gov> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: toor account Message-ID: <3A30E982.202E82A2@upan.org> References: <Pine.SUN.4.30.0012071435460.11696-100000@obivon.nren.nasa.gov>
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toor does not have the same login restrictions as root...refer to /etc/login.access The account is linked to bash. Use it. Delete it. Ignor it. recommend atleast you set your own password for it. cheers, mikel Matt Chew Spence wrote: > If: > 1) I am running a relatively fast machine (no vaxen here) > 2) I am not worried about forgetting the root password or corrupting > root's shell > 3) The box is not production and can be taken into single user mode w/o > impacting much of anyone > > would the toor account have any useful purpose, or can I just blow it > away? > > Bonus question: Are the root restrictions (ie no tty login, no console > login, no ssh login) and logging automatically relevant to toor, or do I > need to configure all that stuff explicitly for toor? > > Thanks, > > Matt > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > Matt Chew Spence Network Engineer/Systems Engineer > matt@nren.nasa.gov NASA Research & Education Network > (650) 604-4550 (voice) Ames Research Center Mail Stop 233-21 > (650) 604-3080 (fax) Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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