On 2/11/10, Jerry McAllister <jerr...@msu.edu> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 01:58:07PM -0500, Bob Johnson wrote: > >> On 2/11/10, Robert Huff <roberth...@rcn.com> wrote: >> > >> > Lin Taosheng writes: >> > >> >> Is that possible to implementated? >> > >> >> Yes, use vipw to edit the password file. Add another username that is >> UID zero. The name "toor" is actually already there as an example of >> how to do that, but it is disabled because it has a "*" in the >> password field. After the new username is tested and you know it >> works, use vipw to replace the password field for "root" to an "*". >> Then root will still exist, but it will not be possible to log in to >> it. You could also delete the entire line for "root", but that gets >> farther into unusual territory and increases the chance that you will >> break something else by doing so. > > If I take what the OP said literally, you are answering backwards. > The OP asked if it is possible to name a different account root - eg > one that is not UID 0. You are answering that it is possible to > give an account other than root a UID 0. > > Now, the OP may have meant to ask what you are answering and just > got it mixed up. But, that was not the way the question went.
Oops. Rats. When I started my reply I had it right, but by the time I finished I had confused myself. Thanks. Anyway, it's possible, but in practice it probably won't work right, and doesn't do much for security anyway. - Bob _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
