On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:19:37 -0700
Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote:

> On 7/21/22 11:18, stan via users wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:48:57 +0200
> > Patrick Dupre <pdu...@gmx.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> How can I have a root account, which execute the bash files
> >> (.bashrc ..) at login ?  
> > 
> > I haven't actually tried this since all my systems so far have had a
> > root account, but
> > sudo useradd -u 1 -p throwawaypassword root
> > should do the trick.  Then run
> > sudo passwd --expire root
> > so that root will have to change their password on the first login.
> > Then immediately login as root and set the root password to what you
> > want.  
> 
> I don't understand how this is an answer to the question.  There is 
> always a root account, you can't create one.  I think he just wants
> it to run ".bashrc" at login which it isn't (?) for some reason.

As I said, I haven't actually experienced one of the new setups without
root login.  
passwd --status root
If the /root directory is present and root is already
assigned to UID 1, then it should only be necessary to remove the
lock on the password and set up a password.
passwd --unlock --expire root
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