[TriLUG] to delete root, or not too?

[jason watts]

hello

i spent today downloading installing and updateing (851 updates) fedora core 
5. as part of my senior project.

after i was done, i was told to add this account, and give him root 
privlages. so, i added the user to the group 'root'.  then i was instructed 
to google and find out how to delete the root account since i said i dont 
think its posible.

so, my questions are,

1) how do i delete root? can i do it threw the normal way you delete any 
user account?

2) was told if i cant delete it, to find a way to lock it down and disable 
it... so, what all would i need to lock down? and dont i need some of the 
functionality of root for certin operations to be completed?

3) if its posible, for some reason, this doesnt seem like the smartest of 
idea's, and i need to prove to my ta(teachers assistant) why we should not 
delete root.

thanks for any help
jason

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