So why not use "root" in the first place, giving a non-crackable
password (better: an encoded password that isn't an encoding of
a password, get the idea ? I'm talking of something like "*" B-) ?
Then all system functions relying on root having uid 0 will be
happy, and you are free to use another name (with the same uid)
for your real root account.
In Germany, seemingly, "ruth" is preferred :-)
Steffen
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