Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 19:07:06 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.csd.uu.se> To: Andrew <andrew@soc.lg.gov.ua> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: toor Message-ID: <20000417190705.A19392@student.csd.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000417171836.5475A-100000@soc.lg.gov.ua>; from andrew@soc.lg.gov.ua on Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 05:25:10PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000417171836.5475A-100000@soc.lg.gov.ua>
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On Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 05:25:10PM +0000, Andrew wrote: > I have user toor with UID 0 in my system. > That is normal. > Is this security hole? No. > Why he exists by default? Which purpose? Basically as an an alternative root account with a different shell. (Default shell for 'root' is /bin/csh, for 'toor' it is /bin/sh.) (Note that 'toor' is 'root' backwards...) See it as an example of how you can have several usernames with the same UID and the same home directory but different shells. > Can I remove him from the system? Sure, nothing (AFAIK) depends on 'toor' existing. > His password? Unless you have changed something the password for 'toor' should be '*' meaning that it is disabled and you can't login as that user. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.csd.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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