Thanks to all that replied. I will go with the example below. Thanks Allan. -----Original Message----- From: Alan Bradley - CPX WC [mailto:AlanB@ComparexAfrica.co.za] Sent: April 2, 2003 8:46 AM To: 'Richard Williams' Subject: RE: root alternative Hi Richard, Make a user id and then give it the same uid and gid as root by manually editing the /etc/passwd file. For example if you edit /etc/passwd and the root entry is as follows: root:x:0:1:The Super User:/home/root:/usr/bin/ksh and your user account line is as follows: rrabbit:x:1001:10:Roger Rabbit:/home/rrabbit:/bin/ksh Then, you would edit your user account line to be: rrabbit:x:0:1:Roger Rabbit:/home/rrabbit:/bin/ksh Hope that helps. BTW I wouldn't disable the root user personally. Regards, Alan. NOTICE: The contents of this message and any attachments are personal to the sender and, whilst having been sent using the Comparex Africa (Pty) Ltd e-mail system, are not, and should not be construed as having been sent on behalf of Comparex Africa (Pty) Ltd. -----Original Message----- From: Richard Williams [mailto:RWilliams@B-Line.ca] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:36 PM To: Sunmanagers (E-mail) Subject: root alternative Hi Managers, I am using a Solaris 8 environment and wish to use an alternate account with all root privileges. How do I disable root and create a back up account to work with. Richard _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Wed Apr 2 09:03:07 2003
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