Re: non root root account

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

George McConnell wrote:
> 
> okay, here's the scenario.
> 
> i want to create an account that is the same access as root, but does not
> have the login name 'root'.
> 
> (before you fly off the handle about how insecure this is, or asking if
> i'm just a hacker - yes, i know it's not very secure; no, i'm not a
> hacker. selling custom software that runs under linux and we don't want to
> log in as root. want to login under a universal login set up only for our
> company with root access.)

I still have to wonder if root access is really neccessary.
Okay, so you're running this custom stuff and it needs some fairly
broad permissions.  What exactly does it need root access for?
There may be a much cleaner solution.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com