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As in root user, root privileges - the most powerful administrative account on a Unix like operating system.
GNU/Linux is designed as a multi-user environment, where specific users are granted defined permissions. The root user has complete control over the computer system. In many cases logging in as root is discouraged, and users log in with conventional accounts and then execute a command to gain root privileges.