Sergey Korzhevsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > > Could you explain me, please, what is the reason to remove 'root' > name from a system?
there is none --- to the contrary doing so is Evil (tm) for LSB compliant distributions. >From http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/gLSB/gLSB/usernames.html: Linux Standard Base Specification 1.3.pr8 Prev Chapter 19. Users & Groups Next ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- User & Group Names Below is a table of required mnemonic user and group names. This specification makes no attempt to numerically assign uid or gid numbers. The exception is the uid and gid for "root" which are equal to 0. Table 19-1. Required User & Group Names +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |User |Group |Comments | |----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------| |root |root |Administrative user with no restrictions | ... Table 19-2. Optional User & Group Names +---------------------------------------------------+ |User |Group |Comments | |--------+--------+---------------------------------| |adm |adm |Administrative special privileges| |lp |lp |Printer special privileges | |sync |sync |Login to sync the system | |shutdown|shutdown|Login to shutdown the system | |halt |halt |Login to halt the system | |mail |mail |Mail special privileges | |news |news |News special privileges | |uucp |uucp |UUCP special privileges | |operator|root |Operator special privileges | |man |man |Man special privileges | |nobody |nobody |Used by NFS | +---------------------------------------------------+ -- Susanne Oberhauser penguins SuSE Linux AG +49-911-74053-574 enjoy Deutschherrnstr. 15-19 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dinosaurs 90429 N�rnberg
