Hi,
Super user in linux is nothing but the user with uid 0.
You can change uid of any user to 0 by directly editing the /etc/shadow file.
but the default superuser is root in linux
Regards,
Varghees Samraj
Robert C Wittig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello kick,
Monday, May 22, 2006, 1:26:35 AM, you wrote:
ks> can anybody mail me in detail how to create a super user in
ks> redhat linux 4.
You don't understand the term 'superuser'.
In Linux (and all UNIX-type operating systems) superuser is
another name for root... the account that owns the operating system,
and has unlimited power to change things.
Most of the time, root does not log in as root, but instead, logs in
using a regular identity, with a regular set of limited permissions,
just like everybody else.
When that person has to perform an administrative task, that requires
root power, they do not have to log out, and log back in as root, they
instead use the 'su' command, which asks them for a password, and they
supply the root password, and then they get a root shell to work in.
Read 'man su' on you machine, or, failing that...
http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?su
-wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/
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