Re: Rename root

From: Alexander Dalloz (alexander.dalloz_at_uni-bielefeld.de)
Date: 02/06/04

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Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 22:34:40 +0100

    Am Fr, den 06.02.2004 schrieb Hakan Kara um 22:22:
    > I thought it would serve to more security in my system...
    > is it not a security problem to know the name of su on a system to get
    > easier into it ?

    There is _no_ security by obscurity!

    It does not matter which name the system's superuser has, if root or
    admin or else, he has UID 0. Anyone with just little skill can very
    quickly find out which users have UID 0.

    Changing root's name to anything else will cause you nothing but big
    pain.

    Alexander 

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