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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.

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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
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> Yes, and if you prefer, you can use toor account as backup account of root
> just in case of forgetting root password. ;>
>
> Hyun
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Hyunseog Ryu / CCDA, MCSE
> Network Engineer/Applications Engineering
> Norlight Telecommunications, Inc.
> The Guardians of Data
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>                     Dag-Erling
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>                     Smorgrav             To:     Matt Chew Spence
> <matt@nren.nasa.gov>
>                     <des@ofug.org        cc:
> <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>, (bcc: Hyunseog
>                     >                    Ryu/Brookfield/Norlight)
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>                     Sent by:             Fax to:
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>                     des@ofug.org         Subject:     Re: toor
> account
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>                     12/08/2000
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>                     04:35 AM
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> 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
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