The root user,
also known as the superuser or the administrator, is a special user
account in Linux used for system administration. It is the most
privileged user on the Linux system that has access to all commands and
files. The root user can do many things an ordinary user cannot, such as
installing new software, changing the ownership of files, and managing
other user accounts.
It is not recommended to use root for ordinary tasks, such as browsing the web, writing texts, e.g. A simple mistake can cause problems with the entire system, for example if you mistype a command. It is advisable to create a normal user account for such tasks. If root permissions are needed, the su and sudo commands can be used.
For example, if we try to bring the eth0 interface down with an ordinary user, we get the following message:
To be able to perform the command above, we need to use the su or sudo command. We will learn how to do that in the next sections.
It is not recommended to use root for ordinary tasks, such as browsing the web, writing texts, e.g. A simple mistake can cause problems with the entire system, for example if you mistype a command. It is advisable to create a normal user account for such tasks. If root permissions are needed, the su and sudo commands can be used.
For example, if we try to bring the eth0 interface down with an ordinary user, we get the following message:
To be able to perform the command above, we need to use the su or sudo command. We will learn how to do that in the next sections.
NOTE – in some Linux distributions, most notably Ubuntu, the root account password is locked by default. Instead, the sudo command is used for commands that require root privileges.
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