Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:09:00 +0200 From: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, jacoulter@jacoulter.net Subject: Re: Security question - uids of 0 Message-ID: <20040816150900.GC39290@werd> In-Reply-To: <20040816145737.GA3924@sara.mshome.net> References: <20040816145737.GA3924@sara.mshome.net>
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On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 09:57:37AM -0500, James A. Coulter wrote: > The following appeared in my latest daily security run output: > > Checking for uids of 0: > root 0 > toor 0 > > This is the first time I've seen this message. > > I checked /etc/passwd and found this: > > root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh > toor:*:0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root: > > I am running FreeBSD 4.10 as a gateway/router/firewall with IPFW for a small > home LAN. > > I ran ps -aux and looked for any processes owned by "toor" but didn't find any. > > Is this something to be concerned about? > > Sorry if this is an obvious question, but I am still very much a newbie > and trying to learn what I can about security. > > Thanks for your patience, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/security.html#TOOR-ACCOUNT -Radek
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