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Old 04-03-2002
Question Second Root creation on a HP-UX platform

I wanna create a second root on a HP-UX platform.
Does someone knows how to do ???
I didn't find anything about that on hp site, and i am sure i've herad about it.

Thanks
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Old 04-03-2002
Do you mean two root users?
If you are using a "normal" system, you could edit the /etc/passwd file copy the line that identifies root, rename the user, and passwd it or clear out the password.

This is generally not a great idea, since some things (like the mail command) can break.

Would su or sudo work for you?
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Old 04-03-2002
We have veritas netbackup installed and it has root UID of 0.

However, it is setup with a different home directory, password. I believe in this case it doesn't interfere with our root mail.

root: password here:0:3::/root:/sbin/sh

rootnb: password here:0:3:Veritas Root account,,,:/home/nbu/rootnb:/usr/bin/sh

Create a new user with a different home direcotry and UID of 0. Just remember that this is somewhat dangerous. You may only wish to give sudo privledges to a user. edit the /etc/sudoers file to give root command authorization to a user or users.



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