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Re: [cobalt-users] Separate root account in RaQ3



Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > Another admin account would be helpful, but I
> > didn't figure out how to get another account with the same
> > privileges...

> Same way I suggested doing it for root.  First create the account, then
> change the uid and gid to whatever admins uid and gid are, all in
> /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.

I don't think that will work very well for GUI related things; as the
GUI likes to check directly on the name of the account, and not on
UID/GID.


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