I suggest you not to change the root name but create a new root account.
If you don't want the first one to be used, discard it by putting a * in
the password field. For you new account, set the uid and the gid to 0.
before :
root:Qsd!qez03e:The root user:/root:/bin/sh
after :
root:*:The unusable root:/root:/bin/sh
toor:Qsd!qez03e:The new root user:/root:/bin/sh
Be sure to make a "passwd toor" after creating the new line in
the passwd file, cause the passwd hash is calculated from the
user name and other things.
Hope it helps
Cheers
David
"Admin, Wipro (CAP, GECSI)" wrote:
> I wanted to change the name of the Super User Account,so changed entry in
> /etc/passwd from root to desired one...used pwconv
> and edited the group file too.But, after that i could't login as this new
> supposed root.
> Can we cahnge the name of root account?how?
> What do i do know...
> when i reboot my m/c...i get lot of error messages..
> /etc/rc2.d/S99dtlogin needs root perm
> init:/usr/sbin/rmount failed[erroabc]
> and at the end i get a blinking underscore..whatever i type has no
> effect....I have a intel Sol7 running on my P-11 64MBRAM intel m/c.
> Hope help will come!
> Rgds
>
> Admin
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