Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 09:55:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root users shell == no existant shell /bin/bash Message-ID: <20040709165540.2799D2C1CC@mx5.roble.com> In-Reply-To: <20040709120136.22FD216A4D1@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040709120136.22FD216A4D1@hub.freebsd.org>
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"Peter C. Lai" wrote: > as a rule of thumb, you're probably superuser way too much if you > develop an urge to change it shell anyway. Where do people come up with these folk "rules"? I spend all day working in various root shells as part of my job. Couldn't do it otherwise. > toor has a disabled (*) password by default. What Brannon should have done was > set a password for toor in the beginning, without mucking around with root's > shell. In 8 years of BSD administration I've never seen the toor account used. IMO, as a matter of security, KIS, and for improved cross-platform compatibility it should be removed from the distribution. -- Roger Marquis Roble Systems Consulting http://www.roble.com/
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