Re: [development] using UID 1 (was Re: Overriding node_db_rewrite_sql())

On 7/26/07, Ken Rickard <agentrickard@gmail.com> wrote:

Now this second point isn't relevant to the entire Drupal community, obviously, but it also makes a case for replacing the special user 1 entirely with a default 'administrative user' role that is assigned to user 1 and can then be assigned to other users.

I think creating an admin role, giving it all permissions (programmatically, not via teh checkboxes), then assigning user 1 to that role is the way to go for core Drupal. It allows users to be granted/revoked admin privileges dynamically.