Administrator
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The FreeBSD equivalent to WinNT/2K/XP's '''Administrator''' account is the [[root]] account. Like '''Administrator''', [[root]] is the most privileged user account, but unlike '''Administrator''', there are absolutely no system processes more privileged than [[root]] and there is no restriction on what [[root]] can do on a FreeBSD system. Including copying a jpeg over the primary system hard drive's partition table. "With great power comes great responsibility." | The FreeBSD equivalent to WinNT/2K/XP's '''Administrator''' account is the [[root]] account. Like '''Administrator''', [[root]] is the most privileged user account, but unlike '''Administrator''', there are absolutely no system processes more privileged than [[root]] and there is no restriction on what [[root]] can do on a FreeBSD system. Including copying a jpeg over the primary system hard drive's partition table. "With great power comes great responsibility." | ||
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| + | On unix systems, the [[init]] process is the "root" process and all other processes can be considered "child" processes of it. As root, you can change the [[init]] status of your system. | ||
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Revision as of 01:19, 25 August 2004
The FreeBSD equivalent to WinNT/2K/XP's Administrator account is the root account. Like Administrator, root is the most privileged user account, but unlike Administrator, there are absolutely no system processes more privileged than root and there is no restriction on what root can do on a FreeBSD system. Including copying a jpeg over the primary system hard drive's partition table. "With great power comes great responsibility."
On unix systems, the init process is the "root" process and all other processes can be considered "child" processes of it. As root, you can change the init status of your system.
