TOPIC: Im tired of root

Hi Fellow Computer Buffs,

I'm tired of using root to login. Can i change my root to another word.

Thanks,

lindows

"Linux saved my marriage"

Well, usernames are only hardcoded on the following files in the /etc directory:

passwd
shadow
group

So you could change the username of the superuser (root) account to something else by editing the references to those files. Or you could use the usermod command line utility instead.

Hi Fellow Computer Buffs,

I'm tired of using root to login. Can i change my root to another word.

Thanks,

lindows

"Linux saved my marriage"

This is really funny question, but i guess . In LINUX you have only ROOT for super user.....
may be others have tweak for this

While you can do this, it's a horrendously bad idea for the simple reason that bad stuff might happen.

Some applications are stupid enough to check the username rather than the UID, so they will not be able to match 'root' since you've changed it.

A better idea might be to create a different user and use sudo to give it the required root powers. Then you can use this account just the same as root.

Cheers,

you can create the username and give it UID 0.

nice to know it!