On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 21:46 -0500, Claude Jones wrote: > On Thu December 1 2005 9:31 pm, Mike McCarty wrote: > > Claude Jones wrote: > > > Subject line says it all... > > > > Define "change a user's name". What is a user on a computer > > with a different name? Isn't that a different user? > > Are you asking whether other users may have the same privilege > > as root? > > The answer is "Yes". > > > > 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 > a new home directory called 'doorknob'? Third, are there any implications, > doing this, for other software and/or settings in a Linux PC? 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? ---- Best to save feeble attempts of security through obscurity for Windows. Create another user and you can set that user's uid to 0 if you wish. Craig
