You don't actually need this in linux. Next time you are booting, try "linux single" instead of "linux" if you are using LILO (it's a bitmore complicated than that in Grub). YOu will see you get booted into a root shell without being asked for a password. It is a security risk if anyone is going to get access to your machine, so if this is possible, you need to protect these boot options with passwords. Read the relevant docs for this. In the end, leaving no password is more secure than making a second admin (uid 0) account, since it can only be done by someone who has physical access to the machine (as opposed to someone on a network). Buchan rharvey wrote: > > 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. > > Thanks > Robert > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- |--------------------------------------------------------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone +27824722231 email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za South Africas first satellite: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za Control Models http://www.control.co.za |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------|
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