On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 01:03:02PM -0700, Bob Miller wrote: > >Justin Bengtson wrote: > >> can i rename "root", as i can rename the "administrator" account in Win2K? > >I've done that, and I wouldn't do it again. Various things will break >in surprising ways. >
I did that once, in the era when i was running Slackware (kernel was 2.0.smallnum); it was a glorious disaster, i had to reinstall from scratch over my 2400 baud dialup. -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
