On 12/2/05, Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Let me put it differently. Root's UID is 0 - suppose I change UID 0's User > Login to 'doorknob' - first, can this be done? Second, would I have to create Se my previous mail regarding this. > a new home directory called 'doorknob'? Nope. The path to the home folder is specified in /etc/passwd. If you don't change that, there is no need to create a new home > Third, are there any implications, > doing this, for other software and/or settings in a Linux PC? Several, "su -" broke when I tried that. > Fourth - if > this shouldn't be done, can a new user, say UID 15, be created with all the > same privileges as root, and can root then be purged? I'd say that root shouldn't be pruged, for the same reasons as point 3. vjp -- Registered Linux User #374218 Minister of Offense, Preserver of the Way of the Great Llama, Ambassador to India for the Republic of Loungevania
