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SubjectRe: Username "root" unique?
On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 08:47:16PM +0100, jens@pinguin.conetix.de wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 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?
>
> I don't want to lock myself out ... =;)

If you change all occurances of a username in all the right places,
it should work as you expect, even for root.

There may be the odd bit of software out there that explicitly
checkes for the username `root' - but nothing that should really
affect you.

I think (a possibly older version of) wu-ftpd checks for root as
opposed to the UID when disallowing root access... because recently
when fixing someone machine, which has the root account renamed, I
could ftp in and out quite happily....


-cw

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