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Date:      Sat, 26 Aug 2000 21:31:30 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To:        amir yahav <amiry@speedbit.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: supperuser account
Message-ID:  <20000826213130.B74225@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <000801c00fa3$274d30f0$020101c0@home2000>
References:  <000801c00fa3$274d30f0$020101c0@home2000>

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amir yahav wrote:

> On freebsd 4.1 I would like to create a new supperuser account with the same privileges as root account.
> 
> please advice

Just create an account with a UID of zero, if you're sure there isn't
a better way to do whatever it is you want to achieve by this.  (The
"toor" account which is present in a default FreeBSD install is an
example of this; it's just a root account which uses a real shell
instead of csh.)

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