Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:12:10 +1030 (CST) From: tim <tim@lost.net.au> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can I rename root? Message-ID: <20020107170502.M34939-100000@marbles.lost.net.au> In-Reply-To: <200112302041.NAA21129@cepheus.azstarnet.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Jeffrey wrote: J> I am assuming you are doing this to obtain some security by J> obscurity, right? Most people probably agree that this gains nothing for security. But there are other (political) reasons to rename root. In Australia, for example, "root" has a meaning which might surprise some overseas. I was once asked if it were possible, and I said it would probably cause problems, so it was left at that. However - Cliff, I at least would be interested in the results of your experiment, to know which applications it breaks :-) Because in a perfect world, the name of the admin account shouldn't mean anything. -- tim@lost.net.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20020107170502.M34939-100000>