Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:38:57 +0100 | | From | jens@pinguin ... | | Subject | Re: Username "root" unique? |
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On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 02:05:41PM -0800, Tim Smith 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
yes, but that's not what I want. I want to _change/replace_ the superuser name, not add a coadmin account.
Thanks anyway. :)
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