Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:23:22 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Michael Rothenberg <rothenberg@automationonline.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user toor? and other things seen w/ vipw Message-ID: <26425.940947802@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:24:33 -0400." <3.0.3.32.19991026092433.007274e8@slider>
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:24:33 -0400, Michael Rothenberg wrote: > I took a quick look with vipw and figured out what most of the stuff might > be. However, I couldn't figure out what the user 'toor' is for? Toor is the traditional "Bourne Super-User". Many folks find it convenient to log in as toor and become root but with /bin/sh as the shell instead of /bin/csh. > Also, why is the name 'Charlie' in the line for the root user? For fun. Seriously. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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