Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 10:40:25 +0200 From: Gilles <gilles.ganault@free.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Renaming "root" to "homer"? Message-ID: <dsqs34tisuf7ajugi7ek1ni7bcd4hba58n@4ax.com>
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Hello With all those scripts trying to connect to SSHd as "root", I was wondering if it'd be OK to rename this account to eg. "homer", to act as a first line of defense? Are there unknown consequences to doing something like that? If not, is it done by just editing /etc/password with vi, or is there a better way? Thank you.
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