On 8/8/06, Tito Mari Francis Escaqo <titomarifrancis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to replace root with another username as superuser?

Sure, just change its password entry. That said, I wouldn't recommend
wasting your time on this.


> This could make the system very secure because when it comes to
> BSD/Unix/Linux, the root is the most coveted user account.

No, it wouldn't make your system any more secure than it was before
the change. I recommend you read the archives to see why your
suggestion isn't too worthwhile.

One reason why s/root/anything/ won't help you much is that its UID is
still 0. In other words: you still have an almighty user on the
system.

The concept of usernames is primarily to make things easier for us
humans. Under the hood, things work in terms of (numeric) UIDs/GIDs.
As a hacker, you'd just go for UID 0.

Cheers,

Rogier

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