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Re: change the root user
> > i wanna change the superuser, the administrator account on my linux
server
> > name from root to another name, and have a regular user named root.
> > i changed it on the "passwd" and the "group" and made the superuser
toor
> > (his group is wheel), but now i can't telnet unless the new root user
has
> > user id (0).
>
> I tried this once (on a RH4.1) system, and it can work, but means
> constant troubles. Find all scripts and config files that have root in
> then (crontab, etc.) and change this to the new name. Then, every time
thank you for the honest answer, but could you possibly tell me what are the
file i need to change on a RH 6.0 system, with squid, samba, sendmail, and
apache for the whole system to keep functioning while i do this. (including
telnet! :)
>you install a new program, do the same.
> > if anyone here knwo how to do this, because i didn't find any faq, howto
or
> > info on this i will be very grateful.
>
> My advice is - don't do it. I did it, since "the other admin" thought
> that a bit of security through obscurity does no harm, but we gave up
> eventually.
>
> --
> Matan Ziv-Av. matan@svgalib.org
>
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