Thomas Götz wrote:
Verified on 2 Systems SuSE 8.2
Yast Verion: yast2-users-2.7.20-15
Problem: For some reason there are 2 root users on a system, e.g. root emergency
If one creates a new user with Yast 2, root will be deleted.
Solution:
No real solution to the yast2-behavior, but (maybe) a solution to your problem: Create 'emergency' as regular user, and allow him to sudo everything. Set its home to somewhere on the /-partition. So in an emergency, 'emergency' can log in and work. If the emergency is not too big, (s)he can 'sudo su -' and become 'root'. If that does not work, (s)he has to sudo every command issued. (sudo resides in /usr/bin and needs /etc/sudoers so you want to make sure that these are also on the /-partition, in case you cannot mount other partitions) There has been quite some discussion about the necessity of 2 different root users on other lists. It usually degenerates into flamewars, so let's not start getting into it... :) HTH, Stefan