Re: How to set up another root account?

["Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel Infinity-ltd com>]

On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, G. T. Francisco wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 12:01:57AM +0200, auto72822 hushmail com said:
> > Setup a normal account with adduser like you normally do then edit /etc/passwd 
> > to change the UID/GID to "0" (as it is for root)
> > 
> > At Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:55:29 -0500, "G. T. Francisco" <g3francisco mediaone net> 
> > wrote:
> > >For I back up purposes, how can I set up another root account, e.g.
> > >root2?
> > >
> 
> Thanks for the info. Will having one UID with two names not be a
> problem? If root gets locked out will root2 be able to log in even if
> they have the same UID?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
Nope - they have seperate password entries.  But if someone cracks the
system, they could disable/change the passwords of both accounts.