Date:  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:58:21 -0500
From:  Kevin Bonner <keb (at mark) pa.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:04350] Re: user root-admin
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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On Friday 24 March 2006 10:56, Tobias Gablunsky wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PS [mailto:ps (at mark) ovh.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:12 PM
> > To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> > Subject: [coba-e:04231] user root-admin
> >
> > Is user root-admin very important in Bluequartz?
> >
> > If yes what does he do?
> >
> > Thanx for your answer.
> > Regards
> >
> > PS
>=20
> Does anybody know, what it is good for?
>
>
> tobias gablunsky
> systemtechnik internet

The root-* accounts are added for any admin of the system.  If you add anot=
her=20
administrator (let's say joe), you will have 2 entries added to your passwd=
=20
files (joe and root-joe) with the same password.  The root-* accounts all=20
have a uid of 0, so joe can login as himself and su to root-joe to gain roo=
t=20
access without knowing the main root password.

Kevin Bonner

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