Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 10:33:17 +0100 From: Rogier Steehouder <r.j.s@gmx.net> To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I rename root? Message-ID: <20011230103317.A474@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20011229154552.B855@localhost>; from r.j.s@gmx.net on Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 03:45:52PM %2B0100 References: <20011229154552.B855@localhost>
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On 29-12-2001 15:45 (+0100), Rogier Steehouder wrote:
> A simple question: Can I rename root?
>
> I already renamed toor: no problem. Do any programs rely on the name
> 'root' being available or is it prefectly safe to use vipw and rename it
> to 'master' or 'admin'.
I only got the advise: Don't. iThanks for the advise, but since noone
knew any programs explicitly, I did it anyway.
Besides the user and group databases the following files mention root:
/etc/aliases I had already redirected root to my regular user:
no problem
/etc/crontab Replaced 'root' with 'admin'
/etc/ftpusers Not critical, but added 'admin'
/etc/gettytab User for autologin
/etc/inetd Don't use it
/etc/login.access Small change
/etc/login.conf Has a special entry for root
/etc/rc Changed 'chown root:wheel' in 'chown 0:0'
(Why isn't it in the first place?)
/etc/security Don't use it
/etc/syslog Small change
/usr/local/etc/postfix/postfix-script
Some minor changes
/usr/local/etc/webmin/...
Starts some daemons as root
My daily security script finds no problems. X runs. I'd say it works
(for now).
With kind regards, Rogier Steehouder
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