Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 22:04:39 -0500 (EST) From: Andriss <andriss@argate.com> To: David James <davidj@zip.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root account has been renamed? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980908220229.8885A-100000@tasam.com> In-Reply-To: <35F5EBA4.C760A86F@zip.com.au>
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Alright, this may seem strange, but this is the first thing that comes to mind... Did you use pico to edit your password file? You see, one of the versions of pine inserts capital U in the beginning of a file that pico saves.. sometimes it's just one U, though I think it's usually more than that. If this is not the case, I would be alarmed about system security... Andriss ________________________________________ Andriss@ArGate.com http://ArGate.com On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, David James wrote: >Hi, > >The root account on my machine (running 2.2.7) seems to have been >renamed to Uroot. I can login as Uroot using the root password and I am >uid 0. Both /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd have changed the first >line from root to Uroot. /etc/group has remained the same, so Uroot is >not a member of any groups apart from wheel. > >I have two questions about this: >1. What caused root to be renamed? (Could I have done something really >stupid to cause this?) >2. How can I get it back to how it was? (I tried editing /etc/passwd and >/etc/master.passwd and deleting the "U" but it didn't work - I kept >backups of the files before I edited.) > >I'm not sure if you may need any further information to help; please >tell me if I have left something out. > > >Many thanks, > > >David James >davidj@zip.com.au >(Please reply direct to me, as I am not on the list) > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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