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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: toor user account ???
Date: 9 Oct 1996 15:09:54 GMT
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In article <32592474.592990BB@newbridge.com>,
BL <binhlam@Newbridge.com> writes:
> Curious, what is this account used for?
>
It's a user-friendly root account. One that uses "bash" instead of "csh".
Curious, how come you posted this as a followup to a programming question ?
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....