Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 15 Nov 1998 14:05:41 -0800 (PST) | | From | Tim Smith <> | | Subject | Re: Username "root" unique? |
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On Sun, 15 Nov 1998 jens@pinguin.conetix.de wrote: > how would a Linux system react if I changed "root" to something else > (preferably "bofh" :), but kept the UID/GID the same? > > I.e. do all the tools and right mechanisms rely on UID/GID or on the > /etc/passwd|shadow user NAME?
There's no reason you can't keep "root" and add an account named "bofh" that also has uid 0 and gid 0. Those silly berkeley people often do this so that they can have a second root account that uses a real shell instead of csh, for those occasionaly moments when they become lucid and realize that csh is the work of the devil.
--Tim Smith
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