Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 20:11:42 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Choi Jun Ho <junker@jazz.snu.ac.kr> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why 'toor'? Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.95.970508200805.13403G-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <wkg1vypax8.fsf@jazz.snu.ac.kr>
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On 8 May 1997, Choi Jun Ho wrote: > >From all the dist of FreeBSD I've seen, there is an id 'toor', > equivalent to 'root'. I heard that is for Bourne-shell root users, but > I cannot understand why two root id exist. Is it a some traditional > reason or some kind of joke? I think you answered your question. 'root' is to be used with 'sh' a statically linked binary in case /usr isn't mounted. 'toor' can use a dynamically linked 'bash' and be equivalent to root. Whether or not this is good practice
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