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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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