Solved [Solved] "toor" account

I notice the "toor" account uses the same configuration files (ex: .cshrc, .profile, etc.) as the "root" account. I left the "root" account untouched. It uses csh. I changed the shell on the "toor" account from sh to bash. I noticed when I login as "toor" and I type whoami, it tells me I am "root", instead of "toor". What's the deal with this "toor" account? Why doesn't it use its own configuration files (ex: .cshrc, .profile, etc.)? Why does it seem like it's aliased to the "root" account? Aliased is the wrong word to use, but that's all I could think of at the moment. Do people change how the "toor" account is set up and have it use its own configuration files (ex: .cshrc, .profile, etc.) and have the whoami report "toor", instead of "root"?
 
Re: "toor" account

Niatross said:
What's the deal with this "toor" account?
Notice that root and toor have the same UID (0). Essentially toor is just root with a different shell, that's all. FWIW, I usually just remove the toor account altogether.
 
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