toor is a base system user. It is a default user. It is used for several
reason and is secure as long as no one can access your console directly.
On Monday 16 August 2004 09:57 am, James A. Coulter wrote:
> The following appeared in my latest daily security run output:
>
> Checking for uids of 0
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 05:01:51PM +0200, Volker Kindermann wrote:
> Hi James,
>
>
> > 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/
>
> 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:Bourn
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:
>
>
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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:
|
|
Hi James,
> 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:*:
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
