Date:  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:20:38 +0100
From:  PS <ps (at mark) ovh.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:04356] Re: user root-admin
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <20060324182038.GA19404 (at mark) localhost.localdomain>
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On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 11:58:21AM -0500, Kevin Bonner wrote:
> * moved your post to the bottom *
> 
> 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
> > 
> > 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 another 
> administrator (let's say joe), you will have 2 entries added to your passwd 
> files (joe and root-joe) with the same password.  The root-* accounts all 
> have a uid of 0, so joe can login as himself and su to root-joe to gain root 
> access without knowing the main root password.
> 
> Kevin Bonner

but there is no use to create root-* because when you su root-* you
are root so you can change root passwd.
I really think that this user is useless.

PS