Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 20:11:25 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I rename root? Message-ID: <20011229191125.GE8698@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20011229195838.A1357@localhost> References: <20011229154552.B855@localhost> <20011229180724.GA3858@raggedclown.net> <20011229195838.A1357@localhost>
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On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 07:58:38PM +0100, Rogier Steehouder wrote: > On 29-12-2001 19:07 (+0100), Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 03:45:52PM +0100, Rogier Steehouder wrote: > > > A simple question: Can I rename root? > > A simple answer: Yes, but don't. > Why not? > Because it may break things that expect a user with UID 0 called root. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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