What is this?
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 /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 100:Squid caching-proxy pseudo user:/usr/local/squid:/usr/sbin/nologin
 unbound::59:1:unbound dns resolver:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologinplease explain about user root with Charlie on that line $ user toor | what are they exactly Thx 
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 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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 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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 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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 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. 

