Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 22:03:20 GMT From: original man <ikhala@osibisa.cl.msu.edu> To: child@prairie.lakes.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SuperUser Message-ID: <199801302203.WAA12144@osibisa.cl.msu.edu>
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> From child@prairie.lakes.com Fri Jan 30 21:28:07 1998 > X-Sender: child@sommer > Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 15:26:25 -0600 > To: "'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > From: Child <child@prairie.lakes.com> > Subject: SuperUser > Mime-Version: 1.0 > X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" > > Ok I use Freebsd but I wonder > what the heck is > toor:*:0:0::0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root: > > anyone know?:/ > toor (= root spelled backwards) is another userid for root. Having at least one other user account with root privilege gives you the following (not necessarily in descending order): 1. Another way to access the system in case you forget root's password 2. A method of assigning trusted users root access without them sharing a single userid (you can keep track of what trusted user is doing what.) 3. I'm sure someone else can think of other reasons Of course with unix there are caveats ... ;-) i'khala
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