Linux Users

Root User

UID 0 -> Root

The root user can be activated or not

sudo is a more secure mechanism to perform administrative tasks

To open a root shell sudo -i sudo sh -c "command"

behind sudo is the etc/sudoers configuration file Never edit this file directly always use the visudo command

Users that are a member of the group wheel get full sudo access %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL usermod -aG wheel myuser

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