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To see who has it on your system:
 
To see who has it on your system:
  
  grep :0: /etc/passwd
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  $ grep :0: /etc/passwd
  
 
== root filesystem ==
 
== root filesystem ==
  
 
The root filesystem is where /. resides on.  Since filesystems are a tree in unix the root is always existent.
 
The root filesystem is where /. resides on.  Since filesystems are a tree in unix the root is always existent.

Latest revision as of 22:17, 26 October 2005

User ID 0. Also called superuser. This user manages the UNIX system and has power over all. To see who has it on your system:

$ grep :0: /etc/passwd

root filesystem

The root filesystem is where /. resides on. Since filesystems are a tree in unix the root is always existent.