Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 03:09:35 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: toor vs root Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910270305530.73009-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910262000150.82737-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, J McKitrick wrote: >So just so i understand correctly, toor is exactly the same as root, just toor and root are both UID 0 to be more precise. >a different back door into the system, right? No, they are different login names. They are not "back doors" in any way. >I can use root to give toor a password in case i can't get it, and toor >is my backup ith a solid shell running instead of bash, correct? Yes you can use root to give toor a password. Toor has the same power as root by virtue of being UID 0. Root uses the sh shell. Toor uses bash. Hence the name "Bourne Again Super User" for the "Bourne Again Shell" aka bash. Thank You, | http://students.washington.edu/jcwells/ Jason Wells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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