Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:16:19 -0700 From: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> To: Brent Bailey <misterb@bmyster.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user toor ??? Message-ID: <73AF04A0-7111-11D7-B269-000393460DB2@soupnazi.org> In-Reply-To: <1737.66.63.99.171.1050608708.squirrel@bmyster.com>
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On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 12:45 PM, Brent Bailey wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what function does the user "toor" that is put in
> by default by FBSD install do?
It's a backup root user.
> im told its a security risk ...but unsure what it does ??
I'm told a lot of things too, but that doesn't mean I believe all of
them :-) If you're excessively paranoid, you can remove the user, but
if someone can get into your machine and crack root/toor's password,
you've got bigger issues to worry about.
- jim
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