What a Linux root user can do - and 8 ways you should absolutely never use it ...

Logging in as the root user should never be done on Linux. Using the root account could lead to disaster. Sudo is the preferred method of gaining elevated privileges. When I first started using Linux ...

Even though the root account is "disabled" by default in OS X, you will still see many system processes running under this account when you open Activity Monitor, which might be confusing to some ...

I'm logged in as a non-root user with uid 0, and whoami tells me it thinks I'm "root" too. But I still can't get this vendor install script that "requires root access" to finish. So what other ...

While rarely needed, the root user can be enabled to give full and unrestricted access to an OS X system for troubleshooting purposes. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

Lindows, a distribution of Linux, does not require you to set up user accounts; by default you log in as the Administrator. This article explains why you should have ...