Heh, all of this reminds me of last week, while I was setting up a webserver.
I thought (briefly) about adding a user named web..... and this is (as best I can recall) what my fingers typed, with a bit of commentary. [ratbert ~] adduser -d /var/www/http web (added user, let RH figure out what to use for GID/UID) [ratbert ~] su -l web [ratbert ~web] ls (checked to see account existed, etc. Decided to get rid of user web) [ratbert ~web] deluser web (error; deluser is wrong command, it's userdel) [ratbert ~web] exit (exasperated, thinking "I can't remove the account while logged into it!") [ratbert ~] userdel (remembered correct command... typed it in and fingers slipped....) login: (Huh? What just happened?) login: root password: <pass> "No user root" OMG! I've just deleted ROOT, not web. Booted up in single user mode, readded root, removed web, and filed under "Stupid Unix Tricks" Bill Ward > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 6:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Copy of Root account > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 02:47:51PM -0400, Kevin Keithan wrote: > > I want to make a copy of the root account on my RH7.2 > server. I have shadow passwords enabled and tried to put a > user in as group zero but that failed. I'm in need of some help. > > Hei > > If you mean that you want to create another user which has > the same user and group id as root (take your pick) > you need only open /etc/passwd in your favourite editor > and change the third (user id) and fourth (group id) > fields to 0 of a user that is already on the system. > > That user would log in as usual but would would have > root powers - infact to the system that person would > be root. > > Of course, I do not recommend doing this myself. > > t.irvine > > > > > > Kevin Keithan _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
