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Old 02-18-2009
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Can we create new user with same UID?? why do we need that and what is the purpose to create like that
# 2  
Old 02-18-2009
Yes.

I have, in the past, created a temporary second user with an ID of 0. I'll do this when a vendor comes on site to install an application for example.
Padow
# 3  
Old 02-18-2009
you can but you shouldn't. This is a bad security practice. I cannot think of any technical reason why you would need to do this.
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Old 02-20-2009
ditto frank. If you need an additional root user, use sudo.
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