On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Aryan Ameri wrote: > Maybe your argument is correct (it sounds logical), but I guess the > correct way of adding/removing a user on a Unix system is by using the > adduser command. Editing /etc/passwd theoricaly might work, but it is a > very obsecured method, to say the least. Utilities such as adduser > simply do not let you assign user ID less than 500 (less than 1000 on > some Linux distributions) to a normal user. So, using standard Unix > applications, you can not assign UID 0 to any normal user.
Hi there, I couldn't agree more. I only edit the files when I really need to; but then again I am not a typical system admin ;-) It is the difference between "you cannot ..." and "you shouldn't ...", you know! cheers, Hossein _______________________________________________ bna-linuxiran mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bna-linuxiran
