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1.1 ! root 1: ! 2: ! 3: superuser Definition superuser ! 4: ! 5: ! 6: ! 7: ! 8: The superuser is the user who has system-wide permissions. He ! 9: can execute any program, read any file, and write into any direc- ! 10: tory. Thus, superuser status is reserved to the system ad- ! 11: ministrator, also called root, who needs this status to control ! 12: the operation of the system. ! 13: ! 14: No person should be able to become the superuser without knowing ! 15: a password. Because the superuser in effect ``owns'' the system, ! 16: the superuser password should be guarded most carefully. ! 17: ! 18: ***** See Also ***** ! 19: ! 20: definitions, root, su ! 21: ! 22: ! 23: ! 24: ! 25: ! 26: ! 27: ! 28: ! 29: ! 30: ! 31: ! 32: ! 33: ! 34: ! 35: ! 36: ! 37: ! 38: ! 39: ! 40: ! 41: ! 42: ! 43: ! 44: ! 45: ! 46: ! 47: ! 48: ! 49: ! 50: ! 51: ! 52: ! 53: ! 54: ! 55: ! 56: ! 57: ! 58: ! 59: ! 60: ! 61: ! 62: ! 63: ! 64: COHERENT Lexicon Page 1 ! 65: ! 66:
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