Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:16:28 +1030 (CST) From: tim <tim@lost.net.au> To: Rogier Steehouder <r.j.s@gmx.net>, Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can I rename root? Message-ID: <20020107171410.E34939-100000@marbles.lost.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20020107170502.M34939-100000@marbles.lost.net.au>
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Oops, I referred to the wrong person. For "Cliff" read "Rogier". Apologies :-) On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, tim wrote: t> On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Jeffrey wrote: t> t> J> I am assuming you are doing this to obtain some security by t> J> obscurity, right? t> t> Most people probably agree that this gains nothing for security. t> t> But there are other (political) reasons to rename root. In t> Australia, for example, "root" has a meaning which might surprise t> some overseas. I was once asked if it were possible, and I said t> it would probably cause problems, so it was left at that. t> However - Cliff, I at least would be interested in the results of t> your experiment, to know which applications it breaks :-) t> t> Because in a perfect world, the name of the admin account t> shouldn't mean anything. t> t> -- tim@lost.net.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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