Re: Different root passwords

["Jim C. Brown" <jbrown106@phreaker.net>]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 08:31:46PM +0000, M?rio Gamito wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to have in Linux different root passwords, for the same 
> machine: one for accessing it inside the intranet and another for 
> accessing through the internet ?

I suppose one way to do this would be to set up 2 root accounts. This is done
by adding another user, and then manually changing the uid in /etc/passwd for
that user to 0. The 2 users (one of which will probably be called 'root') can
have different passwords.

Then set up internet access so that only one of the root users is permitted to
log in, and set up intranet access so that only the other root user may
log in (normally, it will be the user called 'root' that can only log in via
the intranet).

> 
> I know FreeBSD does this.

I am not familiar with how FreeBSD manages this.

> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Warm Regards.

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