Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 08:01:04 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can I rename root? Message-ID: <20020107070104.GA3721@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20020107170502.M34939-100000@marbles.lost.net.au> References: <200112302041.NAA21129@cepheus.azstarnet.com> <20020107170502.M34939-100000@marbles.lost.net.au>
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On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:12:10PM +1030, tim wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Jeffrey wrote: > > J> I am assuming you are doing this to obtain some security by > J> obscurity, right? > > Most people probably agree that this gains nothing for security. > > But there are other (political) reasons to rename root. In > Australia, for example, "root" has a meaning which might surprise > some overseas. I was once asked if it were possible, and I said > it would probably cause problems, so it was left at that. > However - Cliff, I at least would be interested in the results of Wrong person :) Mmm. I can guess what "root" mean in Australia .. :) Reminds me of a person I worked with who set his root password to "!Angela", Angela being the name of his girlfriend. However many people prononuce "!" as "bang", but he not being a native English speaker did not quite understand the merriment this password caused.. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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