Hidden User

a_c_g_t · 03-20-2007, 01:24 PM

How do I hide a user in Suse 10.2.
I know root doesn't show up in the list how would I go about doing another.
TIA
Doug

b0uncer · 03-20-2007, 02:12 PM

You can't "hide" users. I don't understand what you mean by "root doesn't show up in the list", because if you (for example) do either one of these:

Code:

cat /etc/group | grep root
cat /etc/passwd | grep root

you will get a line that reveals you that user root exists. If you mean some graphical user interface tool doesn't "list" you root user, then it's a property of that tool; maybe there is no point in showing root user in the list. But surely you can't "hide" a user, and why would you want to?

Try these ones too, and if you don't want to get dull output, log in from different terminals as different users and then run the commands as some of the users and see what you get:

Code:

w
who
finger

they should work unless you've configured your system otherwise. No way nor point in "hiding" user accounts.

a_c_g_t · 03-20-2007, 02:28 PM

Managed to hide the users via root system setting area so only the ones I want users to see will be displayed on login screen. thanks for the info anyways