Change root user name? possible?

[Ara Avvali]

Huh

Looks like it is pointless do such a thing. Thank you for reply

 

 

Message: 21

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:59:26 +0200

From: Radek Kozlowski <radek at raadradd.com>

Subject: Re: Change root user name? possible?

To: Ara Avvali <Ara at Avvali.COM>

Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org

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On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 06:50:46PM -0400, Ara Avvali wrote:

> Sorry if this might sound crazy, but is there anyway to rename root
account

> to something else for extra security?

> Thank you

 

I don't think it would increase your security, because any person that

has access to your machine could perform `pw usershow -u 0` and get the

name of superuser's account. You'd be much better off setting

PermitRootLogin to No in sshd_config and using only su everytime you

need root privileges.

 

-Radek

 

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Message: 22

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 01:59:02 +0200

From: "Mania.co.il" <mif at mania.co.il>

Subject: Re: Change root user name? possible?

To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org

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Hello Ara,

 

Thursday, August 26, 2004, 12:50:46 AM, you wrote:

 

AA> Sorry if this might sound crazy, but is there anyway to rename root
account

AA> to something else for extra security?

AA> Thank you

 

 

 

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That is possible. Create other account, grant him superuser

priveleges, and change "root"'s privileges to regular user.

 

 

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