Re: [root user] How to disable root account?
On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 04:53:42PM +0100, Krizsán László wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michelle Konzack" <linux4michelle@freenet.de>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 4:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [root user] How to disable root account?
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> >grep -vE "^root:" /etc/passwd >/etc/passwd.tmp
> > mv /etc/passwd.tmp /etc/passwd
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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.
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