Messages in this thread | | | From | Steffen Grunewald <> | Subject | Re: Username "root" unique? | Date | Tue, 17 Nov 1998 08:55:50 +0100 (MET) |
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Riley Williams 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? |> |> > "su" probably will be unhappy; you'll have to type "su bofh" |> > instead. Other programs may break as well. |> |> Nope, su doesnae care - it refers to UID 0 if you don't type a name, |> and you get whatever's the first name with UID 0 as a result... |> |> > The "root-ness" however is due to uid 0, not the name.
So why not use "root" in the first place, giving a non-crackable password (better: an encoded password that isn't an encoding of a password, get the idea ? I'm talking of something like "*" B-) ? Then all system functions relying on root having uid 0 will be happy, and you are free to use another name (with the same uid) for your real root account.
In Germany, seemingly, "ruth" is preferred :-)
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