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    • M
      mxn
      last edited by

      /root(1): cat /etc/passwd

      $FreeBSD: src/etc/master.passwd,v 1.39 2004/08/01 21:33:47 markm Exp $

      root::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/sh
      toor:
      :0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root:
      daemon::1:1:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin
      operator:
      :2:5:System &:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
      bin::3:7:Binaries Commands and Source:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
      tty:
      :4:65533:Tty Sandbox:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
      kmem::5:65533:KMem Sandbox:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
      games:
      :7:13:Games pseudo-user:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin
      news::8:8:News Subsystem:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
      man:
      :9:9:Mister Man Pages:/usr/share/man:/usr/sbin/nologin
      sshd::22:22:Secure Shell Daemon:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin
      smmsp:
      :25:25:Sendmail Submission User:/var/spool/clientmqueue:/usr/sbin/nologin
      mailnull::26:26:Sendmail Default User:/var/spool/mqueue:/usr/sbin/nologin
      bind:
      :53:53:Bind Sandbox:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
      proxy::62:62:Packet Filter pseudo-user:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
      _pflogd:
      :64:64:pflogd privsep user:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin
      www::80:80:World Wide Web Owner:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
      nobody:
      :65534:65534:Unprivileged user:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
      dhcpd::1002:1002:DHCP Daemon:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
      admin:
      :0:0:System Administrator:/root:/etc/rc.initial
      _dhcp::65:65:dhcp programs:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin
      _isakmpd:
      :68:68:isakmpd privsep:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin
      uucp::66:66:UUCP pseudo-user:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/local/libexec/uucp/uucico
      pop:
      :68:6:Post Office Owner:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
      _ntp::123:123:NTP daemon:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin
      _relayd:
      :913:913:Relay Daemon:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin
      squid:💯100:Squid caching-proxy pseudo user:/usr/local/squid:/usr/sbin/nologin
      unbound:
      :59:1:unbound dns resolver:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin

      please explain about  user root with Charlie on that line $ user toor | what are they exactly

      Thx

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      • Cry HavokC
        Cry Havok
        last edited by

        toor - an alternative login for if you lock yourself out of your root account - special to BSD

        root - the superuser account that all unix systems have

        If you go and read the FreeBSD handbook you'll find out about them, and more.

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        • M
          mxn
          last edited by

          ok thx a lot for the explanation it very different with the unix-like system (linux) if i'm not mistaken  ;D

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          • Cry HavokC
            Cry Havok
            last edited by

            They both have their origin in the same place, but they've evolved differently. This means that while Linux and BSD are similar they have differences.

            Of course, they're both unix like ;)

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              Actually BSD-based systems are descendents of UNIX and not really "UNIX-like" the same way that Linux is, but in general that is correct. BSD systems evolved from older/existing UNIX code, whereas Linux was coded to be "like" UNIX from the start. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to, six of one half a dozen of the other, etc. :-) There's a Wikipedia doc explaining all the nuances of the term for the curious.

              As for the passwd accounts, root and admin are tied together by us. The toor account is locked out by default can't be used, though it does exist we don't make use of it. Like many of the other accounts in that list, there are reasons in the underlying OS that they remain there. Various bits of FreeBSD docs would cover that part.

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