thought experiment

[Christopher Twigg]

It is my understanding that any user with UID=0 gets root privileges, no
matter what it's called.

Christopher Twigg
cdtwigg at u.washington.edu

On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, R. David Whitlock wrote:

> What precisely would I have to change, and what might be the effects, if I
> wanted to change the name of the UID=0 account, namely Root?
> 
> If I just edited the passwd file, is that it?  Would other things y'all
> can think of break as well?  
> 
> This isn't security through obscurity, just quirkyness...
> 
> Later,
>  David
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