Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:40:10 -0400 From: "Ara Avvali" <Ara@Avvali.COM> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Change root user name? possible? Message-ID: <20040826034015.998FB43D41@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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Huh Looks like it is pointless do such a thing. Thank you for reply Message: 21 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:59:26 +0200 From: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> Subject: Re: Change root user name? possible? To: Ara Avvali <Ara@Avvali.COM> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040825225926.GA25551@werd> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 06:50:46PM -0400, Ara Avvali wrote: > Sorry if this might sound crazy, but is there anyway to rename root account > to something else for extra security? > Thank you I don't think it would increase your security, because any person that has access to your machine could perform `pw usershow -u 0` and get the name of superuser's account. You'd be much better off setting PermitRootLogin to No in sshd_config and using only su everytime you need root privileges. -Radek ------------------------------ Message: 22 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 01:59:02 +0200 From: "Mania.co.il" <mif@mania.co.il> Subject: Re: Change root user name? possible? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <1537988051.20040726015902@mania.co.il> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hello Ara, Thursday, August 26, 2004, 12:50:46 AM, you wrote: AA> Sorry if this might sound crazy, but is there anyway to rename root account AA> to something else for extra security? AA> Thank you AA> _______________________________________________ AA> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list AA> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions AA> To unsubscribe, send any mail to AA> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" That is possible. Create other account, grant him superuser priveleges, and change "root"'s privileges to regular user. -- Best regards, Mania.co.il mailto:mif@mania.co.il
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