Rename root

[Cameron Showalter]

like George said, use sudo, you can set up specific users to do root 
tasks.   

http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/man/sudo.html

Hakan Kara wrote:

> 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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