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Multiple login accounts with root privileges


From: "ganesh mahadevan" <ganesh.was.mahadevan () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:21:25 +0530

Hi,

I was testing a thin client box and found that I could login as Root,
Administrator and Admin (all with the same password).  whoami
indicated 'root' in all three cases.  Is this some sort of aliasing
going on? I may not be entirely correct on this but shouldn't the
number of users with root privileges be restricted?  What is your
advice on this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Ganesh


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