[Sderby] Re: root priviledges

[James Gibbon]

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:21:11 +0100
Paul Grosse <paul-grosse at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> I think that the /etc/passwd file is a copy and editing it is to no avail as 
> the original is protected by the system.

/etc/passwd is the definitive user database.  In fact, editing it used to be the
usual way of adding / deleting / modifying users, and should still work.

It's protected by virtue of the fact that it's modifiable only by root.