Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:48:43 -0500 From: "Christian Kuhtz" <ck@arch.bellsouth.net> To: <security@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: toor account Message-ID: <NEBBJKIJGLMGELMBGHEOGEHICHAA.ck@arch.bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <OF206A42E5.8FDB3180-ON862569AF.005066DF@norlight.com>
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Inconsisten site policy is a bad practice. Chose one. Worse, never have to role accounts for the same function. -- Christian Kuhtz <ck@arch.bellsouth.net> -wk, <ck@gnu.org> -hm Sr. Architect, Engineering & Architecture, BellSouth.net, Atlanta, GA, U.S. "I speak for myself only." > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Hyunseog Ryu > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 9:40 AM > To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav > Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: toor account > > > > Yes, and if you prefer, you can use toor account as backup account of root > just in case of forgetting root password. ;> > > Hyun > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Hyunseog Ryu / CCDA, MCSE > Network Engineer/Applications Engineering > Norlight Telecommunications, Inc. > The Guardians of Data > 275 North Corporate Drive > Brookfield, WI 53045-5818 > Tel. +1.262.792.7965 > Fax. +1.262.792.7733 > > > > > Dag-Erling > > Smorgrav To: Matt Chew Spence > <matt@nren.nasa.gov> > <des@ofug.org cc: > <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>, (bcc: Hyunseog > > Ryu/Brookfield/Norlight) > > Sent by: Fax to: > > des@ofug.org Subject: Re: toor > account > > > > > 12/08/2000 > > 04:35 AM > > > > > > > > > > Matt Chew Spence <matt@nren.nasa.gov> writes: > > would the toor account have any useful purpose, or can I just blow it > > away? > > You can. I understand the only reason there's a toor account in the > first place is so C-shell and Bourne-shell lovers can both have their > favorite shell as root shell. > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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