On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 04:53:42PM +0100, Krizsán László wrote: > [...] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michelle Konzack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 4:09 PM > Subject: Re: [root user] How to disable root account? > > > >grep -vE "^root:" /etc/passwd >/etc/passwd.tmp > > mv /etc/passwd.tmp /etc/passwd
[...] This is *not* the way to disable the root account. Just run 'passwd -l root' to disable the account and 'passwd -u root' to enable it. Obviously, you will need to establish root privileges somehow to do either. Do not edit passwd &c by hand unless you really know why you're doing it that way. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
