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Explain the existence of the toor account.

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PR:		25656
Submitted by:	mark drayton <mark@type49.com>
Approved by:	nik
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Dima Dorfman 2001-03-16 01:35:30 +00:00
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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.156 2001/03/15 01:57:58 dd Exp $</pubdate>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.157 2001/03/15 02:02:41 dd Exp $</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>1995</year>
@ -6217,6 +6217,41 @@ define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`deferred')dnl</programlisting>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="toor-account">
<para>What's this UID 0 <username>toor</username> account? Have I
been compromised?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Don't worry. <username>toor</username> is an
<quote>alternative</quote> superuser account (toor is root
spelt backwards). Previously it was created when the
&man.bash.1; shell was installed but now it is created by
default. It is intended to be used with a non-standard shell so
you don't have to change <username>root</username>'s default
shell. This is important as shells which aren't part of the
base distribution (for example a shell installed from ports or
packages) are likely be to be installed in
<filename>/usr/local/bin</filename> which, by default, resides
on a different filesystem. If <username>root</username>'s shell
is located in <filename>/usr/local/bin</filename> and
<filename>/usr</filename> (or whatever filesystem contains
<filename>/usr/local/bin</filename>) isn't mounted for some
reason, <username>root</username> won't be able to log in to
fix a problem (although if you reboot into single user mode
you'll be prompted for the path to a shell).</para>
<para>Some people use <username>toor</username> for
day-to-day root tasks with a non-standard shell, leaving
<username>root</username>, with a standard shell, for
single user mode or emergencies. By default you can't log
in using <username>toor</username> as it doesn't have a
password, so log in as root and set a password for
<username>toor</username> if you want to use it.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="forgot-root-pw">
<para>Eek! I forgot the root password!</para>

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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.156 2001/03/15 01:57:58 dd Exp $</pubdate>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.157 2001/03/15 02:02:41 dd Exp $</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>1995</year>
@ -6217,6 +6217,41 @@ define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`deferred')dnl</programlisting>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="toor-account">
<para>What's this UID 0 <username>toor</username> account? Have I
been compromised?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Don't worry. <username>toor</username> is an
<quote>alternative</quote> superuser account (toor is root
spelt backwards). Previously it was created when the
&man.bash.1; shell was installed but now it is created by
default. It is intended to be used with a non-standard shell so
you don't have to change <username>root</username>'s default
shell. This is important as shells which aren't part of the
base distribution (for example a shell installed from ports or
packages) are likely be to be installed in
<filename>/usr/local/bin</filename> which, by default, resides
on a different filesystem. If <username>root</username>'s shell
is located in <filename>/usr/local/bin</filename> and
<filename>/usr</filename> (or whatever filesystem contains
<filename>/usr/local/bin</filename>) isn't mounted for some
reason, <username>root</username> won't be able to log in to
fix a problem (although if you reboot into single user mode
you'll be prompted for the path to a shell).</para>
<para>Some people use <username>toor</username> for
day-to-day root tasks with a non-standard shell, leaving
<username>root</username>, with a standard shell, for
single user mode or emergencies. By default you can't log
in using <username>toor</username> as it doesn't have a
password, so log in as root and set a password for
<username>toor</username> if you want to use it.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="forgot-root-pw">
<para>Eek! I forgot the root password!</para>