Hi Unix Gurus .

I have requirement where in which - I would like create duplicate root equivalent account with all the privileges equal to root. Is it possible to create this duplicate account with different UID. ?

this id i would like give it to my teams - who does multiple activities using this duplicate root id including user account creation and running scripts /cron jobs / mounting ..etc.

Any great alternative suggestions welcome .


Regards,
vasu

While it is technically possible, it is not a clean way to fit another user with root permissions. They could also just modify original root. So you are better off with either checking if your operating system supports RBAC or sudo to assign only those permissions needed for tasks by the users.

The trend is the opposite, i.e. removing root as an account as its presence causes security and auditing issues.
On Solaris, you can set root as a role (that's the default starting with Solaris 11) and then grant this role to the users who require it.
Alternatively (or in parallel), you can also use sudo.