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How to rename the root account to another name in Linux

Can I rename the root user account' s name to any other name. Is it safe to do so, will it work fine or not.??

noah
asked Feb 17, 2017
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Its a bad idea which should not be made. All the applications and process will assume that the username 'root' exists and its the Superuser.

So if you rename it, you should made changes in /etc/passwd , /etc/shadow , and in all the list of config files.

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jagannatharumugam
answered Apr 2, 2017
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