Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 16:58:25 -0600 From: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> Cc: Bradley D Lathan <bradl@fluxzone.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: creating a second superuser account Message-ID: <200008202258.e7KMwPj00823@fedde.littleton.co.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008201720400.7113-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>
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On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 17:25:55 -0400 (EDT) "Brandon D. Valentine" wrote:
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| [Originted on -stable. I've moved it to -questions and Bcc:'d -stable
| to end it there]
|
| On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Bradley D Lathan wrote:
|
| >How do you create a second super user account i.e. for a person that wants
to program and have access to the compiler and write permissions
|
| Hey Brad,
| There is no reason to create a
| second superuser account just so somebody can program. They don't need
| superuser access for anything related to the compiler and they should
| have write permissions in their home directory. If this is unclear to
| you you need to rework your concept of permissions perhaps.
|
| Brandon D. Valentine
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Hey Brandon. While the OP question does sound a bit nieve, there are several
good reasons to have more than one uid=0 accounts. By default FreeBSD
installs a root and a toor account.
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Chris Fedde
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