On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, G. T. Francisco wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 12:01:57AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > Setup a normal account with adduser like you normally do then edit /etc/passwd
> > to change the UID/GID to "0" (as it is for root)
> >
> > At Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:55:29 -0500, "G. T. Francisco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > >For I back up purposes, how can I set up another root account, e.g.
> > >root2?
> > >
>
> Thanks for the info. Will having one UID with two names not be a
> problem? If root gets locked out will root2 be able to log in even if
> they have the same UID?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
Nope - they have seperate password entries. But if someone cracks the
system, they could disable/change the passwords of both accounts.
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