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User ID 0. Also called superuser. This user manages the UNIX system and has power over all. | 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 == | == 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.
