Date: 02 Aug 2005 00:28:00 +0200 From: "Arno J. Klaassen" <arno@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Death to toor Message-ID: <wpll3ljnrj.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> In-Reply-To: <20050616010629.GA3554@hub.freebsd.org> References: <53d4293a37f280317d52338c2fc6fc6d@FreeBSD.org> <20050612025402.GD67746@dragon.NUXI.org> <200506151655.52894.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20050616010629.GA3554@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hello, [ stuff deleted ] > > > > Is there any good reason to keep the toor account around nowadays? > > > > > > Yes. Some of us use it. from a user point of view, I use toor on all machines, basically for two reasons : - I don't feel confident to change default root shell (might be wrong but I have had way too many problems "solved" by setting SHELL and/or CONFIG_SHELL to yet another one); things are tested with the default shell, OK, I use it when running in problems - quite a lot of my customors "need/want" root access (including the possibility to change it's passwd); keeping a toor account with a well kept secret by me passwd saves me a lot of trouble (a part from systems needing root passwd for catastrophic single user boot) My $0.02 Arno PS, as a side-node I prefer /bin/bash as well since it gave me less headaches on multiple-architecture sites than trying to understand all subtle differences between their different default root shells PS-II, I can add toor by hand anytime; I'm no lawyer nor advocate of whatsoever; providing a "fake" toor account without standard /bin/bash in fact is reasonable to me
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