Re: Root users shell == no existant shell /bin/bash

From: Roger Marquis (marquis_at_roble.com)
Date: 07/09/04

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    Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 09:55:40 -0700 (PDT)
To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org

    "Peter C. Lai" wrote:
    > as a rule of thumb, you're probably superuser way too much if you
    > develop an urge to change it shell anyway.

    Where do people come up with these folk "rules"? I spend all day
    working in various root shells as part of my job. Couldn't do it
    otherwise.

    > toor has a disabled (*) password by default. What Brannon should have done was
    > set a password for toor in the beginning, without mucking around with root's
    > shell.

    In 8 years of BSD administration I've never seen the toor account
    used. IMO, as a matter of security, KIS, and for improved
    cross-platform compatibility it should be removed from the distribution. 

    -- 
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/
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