Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:54:10 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Username "root" unique? |
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On Sun, 15 Nov 1998 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 ... =;) > When I had a lot of VAXen to maintain, I used "system" instead of root. It worked okay...
root:PASSWORD:0:0:System Administration:/root:/bin/bash system:PASSWORD:0:0:System Administration:/root:/bin/bash
Cheers, Dick Johnson ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** Penguin : Linux version 2.1.127 on an i586 machine (66.15 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
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