Although there is obviously some debate on whether or not this is a good idea, you can do what you're asking. Just create an additional user and set the UID to 0. Ray On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 09:40:14AM -0800, M E Fieu wrote: > Hi.. I want to create a user account in linux that have root right to do > everything. Is that possible? I have done the following > > in /etc/passwd 0 is the GID of root > > tong:x:512:0::/home/tong:/bin/bash > > in /etc/group > > tong:x:0:root > > but still doesn't work, any advice?
