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标 题Re: Root users shell == no existant shell /bin/bash
发信站NCTU CSIE FreeBSD Server (Fri Jul 9 16:42:49 2004)
转信站ptt!FreeBSD.csie.NCTU!not-for-mail
"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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