Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 20:31:34 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: why 'toor'? Message-ID: <199705121031.UAA13412@troll.devetir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <199705091650.UAA02496@sinbin.demos.su> from Alex G. Bulushev at "Fri, 09 May 1997 20:50:39 %2B0400" References: <199705091650.UAA02496@sinbin.demos.su>
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On Friday, 9th May 1997, Alex G. Bulushev wrote in -hackers: >> I suppose the real reason for "toor" is to appease the csh haters. It's >> been like that since 386BSD as far as I can recall. I don't think it >> was like this in the 4.2 BSD days, but I now have no way to check. >> >> Stephen. > >in 2.9 BSD days and 4.2 BSD days there was no sharing libs >and root with /bin/sh used in single user mode when /usr not mounted >toor used for alternative shell ... if, for example, /bin/sh demaged ... Well, I dug though my Very Old Stuff collection and surprised myself by finding what I think is the default password file for BSD 4.2, dated August 15, 1983. Seems like I was half right in my recollections. Who are all these people? I recognise only about 1/3 of them. You will note that only Dennis and Ken remain "pure"; the rest are dreaded csh weenies. What will I find when I run this through crack? Would it be a sin? :-) Stephen. root::0:10:Charlie &:/:/bin/csh daemon:*:1:31:The devil himself:/: uucp::66:10:UNIX-to-UNIX Copy:/usr/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico sam:Yd6H6R7ejeIP2:7:10:& Leffler,461E,7780:/usr/guest/sam:/bin/csh wnj:ZDjXDBwXle2gc:8:10:Bill Joy,457E,7780:/usr/guest/wnj:/bin/csh mckusick:6l7zMyp8dZLZU:9:10:Kirk &,513E,4611:/usr/guest/mckusick:/bin/csh dmr:AiInt5qKdjmHs:10:31:Dennis Ritchie:/usr/guest/dmr: ken:sq5UDrPlKj1nA:11:31:& Thompson:/usr/guest/ken: shannon:NYqgD2jjeuozk:12:31:Bill &:/usr/guest/shannon:/bin/csh peter:y5G5mbEX4HhOY:13:31:peter b. kessler,513E,4611:/usr/guest/peter:/bin/csh kre:vpyVBWM3ARc0.:14:31:Robert Elz,Melbourne:/usr/guest/kre:/bin/csh baden:BJ80IFBHJdlJk:15:31:Scott &,508-2E,5422:/usr/guest/baden:/bin/csh ingres:64c19dZOElp9I:267:74:& Group:/usr/ingres:/bin/csh ralph:s.EZm/wQTqbro:16:31:& Campbell,461E,8337:/usr/guest/ralph:/bin/csh helge:rD5q6RWZ8xQc6:17:31:& Skrivervik,466E,8905:/usr/guest/helge:/bin/csh nicklin:CzhlIDfNoBnuU:18:31:Peter &,466E,7780:/usr/guest/nicklin:/bin/csh linton:1/WWIjn5Sd8qM:19:31:Mark &,467E,9587:/usr/guest/linton:/bin/csh sklower:p0taJy06Qye1g:20:31:Keith &,524E,4972,8416222:/usr/guest/sklower:/bin/csh mosher:ZfAmZgrfewouE:21:31:David &,463E,7780:/usr/guest/mosher:/bin/csh eric:PcEfNNJN.UHpM:22:31:& Allman:/usr/guest/eric:/usr/new/csh rrh:lj1vXnxTAPnDc:23:31:Robert R. Henry,516E,4611:/usr/guest/rrh:/bin/csh arnold:5vTJh54EqjZsU:25:31:Kenneth C R C &,,7520:/usr/guest/arnold:/bin/csh jkf:G6cip/I8C792U:26:31:John Foderaro,524E,4972:/usr/guest/jkf:/bin/csh corbett:Zye.YBra9ij7A:27:31:Bob &, 466 Evans, 7780:/usr/guest/corbett:/bin/csh csvaf:syOgA1UNfatO6:28:31:Alastair Fyfe,235E,5820:/usr/guest/csvaf:/bin/csh gray:TkihWC6koRNgI:29:31:Bob &:/usr/guest/gray:/bin/csh falcon:.MTZpW8TC8tqs:32766:31:Prof. Steven &:/usr/games:/usr/games/wargames EOF
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