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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: [OT] Administrator accounts (was: VMS DCL prompt)
Date: 29 Nov 2005 22:23:36 -0600
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In article <qb6jf.151585$dP1.509419@newsc.telia.net>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_Persson?= <spam-away@nowhere.nil> writes:
> Martin Krischik wrote:
>> But then - there are areas where VMS is a lot better then Unix. Alone the
>> ability to have more then one Administrator.
> 
> Different usernames can have the same user ID in Unix, so you can have 
> several usernames with UID 0 but each with its own password. But you 
> might not think that counts as multiple administrator accounts.

A critical issue is whether auditing allows one to distinguish the
individuals making use of such privileged access.