how to create a root equivalent user in linux?
Ray Van Dolson
rayvd at digitalpath.net
Fri Dec 17 16:22:41 UTC 2004
Although there is obviously some debate on whether or not this is a good
idea, you can do what you're asking. Just create an additional user and
set the UID to 0.
Ray
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 09:40:14AM -0800, M E Fieu wrote:
> Hi.. I want to create a user account in linux that have root right to do
> everything. Is that possible? I have done the following
>
> in /etc/passwd 0 is the GID of root
>
> tong:x:512:0::/home/tong:/bin/bash
>
> in /etc/group
>
> tong:x:0:root
>
> but still doesn't work, any advice?
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