Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:31:07 -0700 (MST) From: "David G. Andersen" <dga@pobox.com> To: guille@galileo.or.cr (Guillermo Leandro) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Default users and the passwords Message-ID: <200101232131.OAA10865@faith.cs.utah.edu> In-Reply-To: <01012315244000.00612@aristoteles.local.galileo.or.cr> from "Guillermo Leandro" at Jan 23, 2001 03:24:40 PM
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Lo and behold, Guillermo Leandro once said:
>
> Hi everybody!
>
> FreeBSD, like almost all Unix OS, has other default users, like uucp,
> operator, etc. Since this users cames with the FreeBSD distribution, where
> can I find their passwords?
They don't have passwords. /etc/master.passwd
> Another thing, why is there another uid 0 called toor? Isn't it a potential
> security hole?
It doesn't have a password. It just has a different shell. No,
it's not a potential security hole. If you don't like it, delete it
with vipw.
-Dave
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