Re: Copy of Root account

["Todd A. Jacobs" <nospam codegnome org>]

On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 pd3 luukku com wrote:

> the same user and group id as root (take your pick)  you need only open
> /etc/passwd in your favourite editor

Not a good idea on a multiuser machine. That's what vipw is for: it 
handles locking to avoid corruption of the passwd file in the event that 
multiple superusers are trying to edit it at the same time. :)

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