RE: [cobalt-users] different root and admin password?

[Reinoud van Leeuwen <rvanleeuwen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > >Is it possible to have different passwords for the admin
> > > and root users (on Unix level)? Or will this render the
> > > web administration tool unusable?
> <snip>
> > Once you are the root user, change your password... by typing:
> > passwd
> > Then follow the on screen instructions.
> > Now your Root password is different from your admin password.
> > This will not effect your GUI admin interface.
> 
> Just an added note:
> If you change your admin password through the GUI, it will 
> also change your
> root password. So you'll need to go back in and do this 
> process over again
> to reset root's pass.
> Kinda useful, if you ever forget root's password, you can 
> just go change
> admin's in the GUI and you can get back in.

Yes I already found that out. This means that it makes no sense to make the
passwords different, once you have the admin password, you have the root
password.
So admin = root.
(We were looking into limiting the things the admin user could do)