On 3/6/06, azeem ahmad <azeem81@xxxxxxx> wrote: > making alias to 0, how it could be done? > and also the scenario is someone once changed my machine's root password. > now if i had another root account i could access my machine and reset root > password again Edit /etc/passwd Set their UserID to 0 for all you want to have root access. Besides, if you can touch the box you can change the password using any rescue CD. Cheers! -- WC (Bill) Jones -- http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/