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* Fake Root User?
@ 2003-08-28 21:54 Darryl On Linux
  2003-08-28 22:04 ` Jorge R . Csapo
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From: Darryl On Linux @ 2003-08-28 21:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-admin

	 Is it possible to create a fake root user account? 

								Darryl


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* Re: Fake Root User?
  2003-08-28 21:54 Fake Root User? Darryl On Linux
@ 2003-08-28 22:04 ` Jorge R . Csapo
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jorge R . Csapo @ 2003-08-28 22:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Darryl On Linux; +Cc: linux-admin

What do you mean fake root? An account called root without being
root or an account with a different name that is indeed root?

Anyway, root is whoever gets its UID to be 0 (zero). Create a user
with UID=0 and s/he can do wharever root can. Create a user called
root with UID <> 0 and s/he will not be root, despite the name.

HTH

assim falou Darryl On Linux (em 28/08/2003):
> 	 Is it possible to create a fake root user account? 
> 
> 								Darryl
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