Freebsd – Is it possible (and a good idea) to do `pw lock root` on FreeBSD

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I have set up sudo on my FreeBSD server. As I now never want to log in as root anymore, I was wondering whether I should do sudo pw lock root.

My questions are:

  • Is this possible, without forever disabling my machine?
  • Is it a smart idea, or is there a good reason to not do this?
  • Will I still be able to do sudo su to get a root shell?

Best Answer

I actually did this on my FreeBSD box - so yes, it is possible, but of course you should take care to verify that sudo works properly before you do so ;-)

sudo su will not work anymore, but you can still do sudo bash to get a root shell.

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