> how do you setup a second user to have the same access as root > a user that will be able to change root password. > In novell that is one of the first things we were taught was to have 2 admin > accounts so you wont get locked out of your system. You just give that user a "0" in the password file but you've first got to start out with a root account and a user account. This thread involves a person who figured that setting up these accounts with no password was possible and a good idea. For what its worth, it would seem that Mandrake thinks it's a good idea too as they give you a nopassword option for root during installation with 7.2. I'm amazed that anyone giving any thought to how the software would be used to set up such system. Must be consistent with the defaults that set up all sorts of server daemons by default. If they were Microsoft we'd be accusing them of wanting to snoop on our systems :-) For those new to passwords, these are POWERFUL STUFF...you need them. This is especially true if you have any thought of your system being open to the world (eg - network, cable or DSL access). Cheers --- Larry
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