From owner-freebsd-security Fri Dec 8 6:51:48 2000 From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 06:51:44 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.arch.bellsouth.net (ns1.arch.bellsouth.net [205.152.173.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6849837B400 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 06:51:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from bar (ckhome [24.31.106.127]) by ns1.arch.bellsouth.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA23422; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:51:43 -0500 (EST) From: "Christian Kuhtz" To: "Christian Kuhtz" , Subject: RE: toor account Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:50:12 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sorry, no coffee yet. Let's try this again. Inconsistent site policy is a bad practice. Choose one. Worse, never have two role accounts for the same function. -- Christian Kuhtz -wk, -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 Christian Kuhtz > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 9:49 AM > To: security@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: toor account > > > > Inconsisten site policy is a bad practice. Chose one. Worse, never have to > role accounts for the same function. > > -- > Christian Kuhtz -wk, -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 > > > > > , (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 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message