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Title: a root by any other name
Post by: Anonymous on December 23, 2004, 02:55:42 PM

To gain root access to a server all you need is the user id and password.  Since the default root user id is 'root' that leaves only the password. :cry:

How do I change the root user id to something less obvious and create an id w/o privileges named 'root?'

Same goes for admin id.

Title: Re: a root by any other name
Post by: CharlieBrady on December 23, 2004, 04:42:06 PM

Quote from: "esalkin"

To gain root access to a server all you need is the user id and password.  Since the default root user id is 'root' that leaves only the password. :cry:

Not so, you also need access to the system, either physical access, or network access to something which accepts the root password. By default, that is nothing!

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How do I change the root user id to something less obvious and create an id w/o privileges named 'root?'

Same goes for admin id.

You will likely break a lot of things if you change the root user id.

Choose a very good password, and keep it to yourself.