Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:00:29 -0700 (PDT) From: La Place <a_trans2001@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Securing the root account Message-ID: <20010619180029.9730.qmail@web14806.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3B2F8FF3.F045EA25@odin-corporation.com>
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Umm. i don'tthink that is advisable since you have normal username with uid 0,the passwd will have to be the same..else, every timeyou do su - <user with uid 0), it will check for the root account password, not the one that you "set"...if you want limited administrative access, use sudo... cheers, bruce\ --- Lars Fredriksen <lars@odin-corporation.com> wrote: > Hi cameron, > > The short answer is that yes you can. The name is really not that > important, it is the userid that is associated with a name that is used > for verifying permissions etc. You can easily create a login name > "cameron" that is assigned userid 0, and that user will have root > privileges. > > Lars > Cameron Haegle wrote: > > > I come from the Windoze side of the playground, where you are able to > > rename the Administrator account name, in order to provide a bit more > > security. Can a similar thing be done with FreeBSD? Cam > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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