On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 19:11 +0000, azeem ahmad wrote: > > > >From: Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: multiple root accounts > >Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:06:30 -0600 > > > >azeem ahmad wrote: > >>hi list > >>i want more than 1 root accounts in FC4, for example > >>user: root > >>user: must > >>user:azeem > >>all the 3 accounts should have the same root previligies to do anything on > >>the system > >>how it could be done > > > >There are several techniques, but first, why? Perhaps it would > >be better simply to give these three users the root password, > >or put them into the sudoers file. > > > >Anyway, perhaps the easiest way to do this is make them aliases > >for user number 0. > > > >Mike > >-- > 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 If someone does things like changing the root password without your knowledge and consent, being able to change it back is only one of your problems. You'll also need to fix whatever other damage they've done. At least if you use sudo there will be a trace of what's been done in the log files. Paul.
