On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Kevin Keithan wrote: > I want to make a copy of the root account on my RH7.2 server. I have > shadow passwords enabled and tried to put a user in as group zero but > that failed. I'm in need of some help.
It's a bad idea (better to use su or sudo), but you add the UID as 0, not just the group. Try "useradd -ou 0 -g 0 foo" instead, and see where that gets you. -- "The only thing that helps me maintain my slender grip on reality is the friendship I share with my collection of singing potatoes." - Holly, JMC Vessel *Red Dwarf* _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list