Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:56:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root Message-ID: <202109281556.18SFuQ10075767@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <YVMliRwn9PZdrfB1@ceres.zyxst.net>
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> Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 11:42:22AM -0400, Shawn Webb wrote: > > > >HardenedBSD recently removed toor. No one has complained (yet?). A > >small Twitter poll[0] showed that 85% of people who responded do not > >use toor. > > I think that before removing functionality you need to examine the issue > for conformation bias. I bet that many who answered your question were > unaware of toor and of those even aware, it's not like there are loads > of examples in documentation discussing the versatility of root+toor > over just root. I'd vote to retain toor unless there were compelling > reasons not to. And even if there were reasons, I'd vote to > disable-by-default before removing it completely. I agree with the statements above, just wanted to add a detail that the toor account is disabled from login by default as it has a password value of *. As far as I am aware the only default way to the toor acount is via su(8). > -- > J. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.orghelp
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