Re: Fake Root User?

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?
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> Darryl
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