Never mind - found the solution: The new user needs to have the same UID as root. -m >-----Original Message----- >From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org >[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Martin >Kuplens-Ewart >Sent: April 2, 2003 1:38 PM >To: thelist at lists.evolt.org >Subject: [thelist] Creating a user with root permissions in redhat > > >Does anyone know how to create a root-perm'd account on a linux server? > >Cheers, > >-martin