Re: multiple root accounts

[Mike McCarty <mike mccarty sbcglobal net>]

azeem ahmad wrote:
> > From: Mike McCarty <mike mccarty sbcglobal net>
> > Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list redhat com>
> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list redhat com>
> > Subject: Re: multiple root accounts
> > Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:06:30 -0600
> >
> > azeem ahmad wrote:
> >
> > > hi list
> > > i want more than 1 root accounts in FC4, for example
> > > user: root
> > > user: must
> > > user:azeem
> > > all the 3 accounts should have the same root previligies to do 
> > > anything on the system
> > > how it could be done
> >
> >
> > There are several techniques, but first, why? Perhaps it would
> > be better simply to give these three users the root password,
> > or put them into the sudoers file.
> >
> > Anyway, perhaps the easiest way to do this is make them aliases
> > for user number 0.
> >
> > Mike
> > --
>
> making alias to 0, how it could be done?
> and also the scenario is someone once changed my machine's root 
> password. now if i had another root account i could access my machine 
> and reset root password again

If this is all you want then I suggest you either use a
rescue CDROM like KNOPPIX, or, if you can't take the
downtime, then put those users into the sudoers file.

Making aliases for user 0 is not the optimal solution
to this problem. Using sudo is probably your best option.

Mike
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