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Mike
What's 'special' about the root account is not it's name, but the
fact that it's UID number is 0
Any account with a UID of 0 owns the system and has full rights to
everything.
If I am reading your warning right (I haven't seen it before) and
it's accurate, it's saying that an account with the name of # exists
on your system.
It's a warning because most systems do not have more than one root
account.
If you didn't intend this, (and I can't imagine a legitimate reason
for it) then it's certainly something you'd best investigate right away!
Maybe try 'cat /etc/passwd' and see what it's showing you. I'm not
the best person (and this isn't the right list) to help you with that.
If it's an issue with the rkhunter software then it would be an
important bug to fix....
Brian
On 25-Sep-07, at 8:14 AM, Mike Blezien wrote:
> Hello,
>
> what exactly does this warning mean:
>
> Warning: Account '#' is root equivalent (UID = 0)
>
> why is this a "Warning" ??
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