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About Root Account Permissions and Deactivation

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Hello,

I would like to avoid using the root account in Proxmox due to security concerns. Therefore, I created a new account and granted it sudo privileges.

  1. Is it acceptable to change the root account's name and still use it?
  2. I commented out the %sudo group in the sudoers file and configured it so that only specific accounts can use sudo. Does Proxmox require the sudo group to be specified in order to use the sudo command?
  3. I have disabled the root password in the terminal...

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