Comments on: How To Disable Direct Root Access/Login In Ubuntu [Linux Tip] http://techie-buzz.com/linux-tips/disable-direct-root-access-logins-in-linux.html?utm_source=subscriber&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Know your technology head on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:51:38 -0500 hourly 1 By: LinuxAdm http://techie-buzz.com/linux-tips/disable-direct-root-access-logins-in-linux.html#comment-31416 LinuxAdm Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:38:44 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/linux-tips/disable-direct-root-access-logins-in-linux.html#comment-31416 While taking that trouble, if you are going to use sudo as a way to change the superusers name, just edit the /etc/passwd and change root name to whatever you want or create a user with uid 0 and belonging to the group gid 0.... It's not a good idea to have multiple superusers using sudo. While taking that trouble, if you are going to use sudo as a way to change the superusers name, just edit the /etc/passwd and change root name to whatever you want or create a user with uid 0 and belonging to the group gid 0….

It’s not a good idea to have multiple superusers using sudo.

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