Bug 25656
| Summary: | New FAQ entry for 'toor' account (PATCH) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | mark <mark> |
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Latest | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
mark@type49.com writes: > > >Number: 25656 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: New FAQ entry for 'toor' account (PATCH) > >Description: > > New FAQ entry to answer "what's this 'toor' account?" A few suggestions: - This seems to imply that bash is the only shell that can be used with toor; this isn't true. - Please try to follow the existing style in the file (newlines after </para>; <screen> goes outside of <para>). - 'toor' and 'root' should probably be surrounded with <username> tags. Other than that, it looks pretty good. Thanks Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org diffed against doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.154
--- /usr/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Wed Mar 14 06:40:16 2001
+++ book.sgml Wed Mar 14 10:26:09 2001
@@ -6303,6 +6303,40 @@
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
+ <question id="toor-account">
+ <para>What's this UID 0 'toor' account? Have I been compromised?</para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>Don't worry. <username>toor</username> is an 'alternative'
+ superuser account (toor is root spelt backwards). Previously
+ it was created when the &man.bash.1; shell was installed but
+ recently it has been created by default. It is intended to
+ be used with a non-standard shell so you don't have to
+ change <username>root</username>'s default shell. This is
+ important as shells which aren't part of the base
+ distribution (for example a shell installed from ports or
+ packages) are likely be to be installed in
+ <filename>/usr/local/bin</filename> which, by default,
+ resides on a different disk partition. If <username>root</username>'s
+ shell is located in <filename> /usr/local/bin</filename>
+ and <filename>/usr</filename> (or whatever partition
+ contains <filename>/usr/local/bin</filename>) is unmountable
+ for some reason, <username>root</username> won't be able to
+ log in to fix the problem (although if you reboot into
+ single user mode you'll be prompted for the path to a shell).</para> <para>Some people use <username>toor</username> for day-to-day
+ root tasks with a non-standard shell, leaving <username>root</username>
+ (with <filename>/bin/csh</filename> or <filename>/bin/sh</filename>) for single user mode or emergencies. By default you can't
+ log in using <username>toor</username> as it doesn't have a
+ password, so log in as root and set a password for
+ <username>toor</username>:</para>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>passwd toor</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>then log out and try logging in as <username>toor</username>.</para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+ <qandaentry>
<question id="forgot-root-pw">
<para>Eek! I forgot the root password!</para>
</question><answer>
State Changed From-To: open->closed Committed, thanks! |
New FAQ entry to answer "what's this 'toor' account?" Fix: <qandaentry> + <question id="toor-account"> + <para>What's this UID 0 'toor' account? Have I been compromised?</para> + </question> + + <answer> + <para>Don't worry. toor is an 'alternative' root account + (toor is root spelt backwards). Previously it was created + when the bash shell was installed but recently it has been + created by default. It was installed with bash so you + could use the bash shell as a root user, without changing + the real root user's default shell. This is important as + bash would likely be installed in <filename>/usr/local/bin + </filename> which, by default, resides on a different disk + partition. If root's shell is set to <filename> + /usr/local/bin/bash</filename> and <filename>/usr</filename> + is unmountable for some reason, root won't be able to log in + to fix the problem (although if you reboot into single user + mode you'll be prompted for the path to a shell).</para> + <para> + Some people use toor for day-to-day root tasks with the bash + shell, leaving root (with /bin/csh or /bin/sh) for single + user mode or emergencies. By default you can't log in using + toor as it doesn't have a password, so log in as root and + set a password for toor: <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>passwd toor</userinput></screen> + then log out and try logging in as toor.</para> + </answer> + </qandaentry> + + <qandaentry> <question id="forgot-root-pw"> <para>Eek! I forgot the root password!</para> </question><answer>--iYPgVHH2UxPva5L7aWQ0Z10M3zY2PsDVYlRGwnCLJVOyHxIf Content-Type: text/plain; name="file.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="file.diff" *** /usr/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Thu Mar 8 11:01:25 2001 --- book.sgml Sat Mar 10 15:35:17 2001 *************** *** 6263,6268 **** --- 6263,6297 ---- </qandaentry> How-To-Repeat: Read -questions.