On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 09:57:37AM -0500, James A. Coulter wrote: > The following appeared in my latest daily security run output: > > Checking for uids of 0: > root 0 > toor 0 > > This is the first time I've seen this message. > > I checked /etc/passwd and found this: > > root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh > toor:*:0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root: > > I am running FreeBSD 4.10 as a gateway/router/firewall with IPFW for a small > home LAN. > > I ran ps -aux and looked for any processes owned by "toor" but didn't find any. > > Is this something to be concerned about? > > Sorry if this is an obvious question, but I am still very much a newbie > and trying to learn what I can about security. > > Thanks for your patience,
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/security.html#TOOR-ACCOUNT -Radek _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
