Subject: Re: toor
To: Michael Kukat <michael@bsdfans.org>
From: Julio Merino <jmmv@hispabsd.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/23/2002 19:48:34
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:20:07 +0200 (CEST)
Michael Kukat <michael@bsdfans.org> wrote:

> On the other hand... why don't we kick toor out completely? If the
> administrator thinks he needs one, he can create such an account. In other
> environments, we usually call this account "admin". Maybe a hint in the
> documentation.

Indeed.

> 
> And a very different point: Who really changes root's shell? Is there anyone
> out there doing so? Did you ever use /bin/ksh as root's shell in Solaris?
> Okay, every shell in /bin in NetBSD is statically linked, so it doesn't matter
> (besides the fast that i hate csh :), but i personally hate changing root's
> shell. Maybe scripts depend on it, and maybe you get problems in different
> places.

Changing root's shell to /bin/sh is nearly the first thing I do after a system
installation. I can't stand csh.

> I usually kick out toor, because i feel more comfortable with this.

Me too.

Regards