On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Arun v vempan <[email protected]>wrote:
> can we change default Administrator(root) in linux.i want to do this > because a hacker should not be able to know my user name. > > Regards Arun.v > > You can edit /etc/passwd to change any user's UID to '0', giving them same powers as 'root', not recommended though. Ideally you would not login as root, and 'su'/'sudo' only when you want to run something as root. Nishan PS : I suggest you read this <http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bh/hackers.html> or this <http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/hacker-history/>before using the word 'Hacker' in a wrong sense :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
