Rename root

[Hakan Kara]

I thought it would serve to more security in my system...
is it not a security problem to know the name of su on a system to get 
easier into it ?

Cameron Showalter wrote:

> extremely bad security practice...
> create a real user and add that user to group root in /etc/group
>
> don't go any further than that.
> if you are a risk taker, just use root.    but as i said, extremely 
> bad security practice.
>
> is there a reason for it?
>
> Hakan Kara wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> can anyone tell me how to rename the root user?
>> I'd like to have only a root user but with another name?
>> Thanks
>> Hakan
>>
>>
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