Re: hack that changes root to Root

From: Yotam Rubin (yotamat_private)
Date: Tue Feb 26 2002 - 11:17:27 PST

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    On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 05:49:05PM -0700, James wrote:
> Anyone know of a hack that changes root (user name) to Root ?

The login name or the real name? The former is abstractly achieved by
"cat /etc/{passwd,shadow} | sed 's/^root:/Root/'". This may break some 
scripts you currently use, and well, the security gain is insignificant. 

	Regards, Yotam Rubin

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