Guillermo Leandro wrote:
> Hi everybody!
>
> FreeBSD, like almost all Unix OS, has other default users, like uucp,
> operator, etc. Since this users cames with the FreeBSD distribution, where
> can I find their passwords?
>
they don't have any, the pseudo users and system accounts dont have a login
shell and their passwords should be set to * as well. Be careful if you
remove them since on a make world certain users are expected, same with
groups.
>
> Another thing, why is there another uid 0 called toor? Isn't it a potential
> security hole?
>
toor is a big debate for many, its meant to give you another root shell with
a differing shell, like bash,zsh,ksh whatever. Reason is you dont wan to mess
with root's shell. Someone compared root to a loaded weapon recently, its a
good analogy since you dont use root unless you mean it and you have to be
careful.
--Larry
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