Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:50:12 -0500 From: "Christian Kuhtz" <ck@arch.bellsouth.net> To: "Christian Kuhtz" <ck@arch.bellsouth.net>, <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: toor account Message-ID: <NEBBJKIJGLMGELMBGHEOOEHICHAA.ck@arch.bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <NEBBJKIJGLMGELMBGHEOGEHICHAA.ck@arch.bellsouth.net>
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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 <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 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 <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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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