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    Default Change the user name root

    Hi
    Feature Requests Change the user name root
    If it has been changed by it, I can not access to the whm
    usermod -l 0101 root
    thank u

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    Default Re: Change the user name root

    Quote Originally Posted by 0101 View Post
    Hi
    Feature Requests Change the user name root
    If it has been changed by it, I can not access to the whm
    usermod -l 0101 root
    thank u
    You ARE aware this would effectively kill a Linux server, right?
    The user 'root' is embedded into the Linux server so deeply it's not even funny. There's a few distros that might let you change the admin username, but root always is root, it's always going to be there.
    Linux Tech Networks: Reliable Server Administration and Monitoring since 2002

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