Talk:Superuser

message: This page needs a reference to ThinkGeek's "Bow before me, for I am root" t-shirt.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.188.153.19 (talk) 15:11, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Anyone mind if I make some serious modifications to this page?
A superuser account is an account that exists outside the scope of the system's security policy, hence in UNIX root can modify files that the permissions bits give him no access to.
Single-user systems like DOS, OS <X, Win95/98/ME, and BeOS lack superuser accounts since they lack security policies. Systems featuring a reference monitor or labeled security like WinNT/2k/XP/2003, SE-Linux, Trusted Solaris, STOP, SecureOS, and HP-VV also lack superuser accounts as such an exception to the security policy would defeat their whole point.
Cheers
Robert
71.129.205.254 10:23, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modifications 

message: >To run a program as a superuser in Windows XP and probably later versions of Windows, use the command runas.
works also on Windows 2000 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.225.74.175 (talk) 14:07, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  runas 

message: It seems that many people do not know why root has the name Charlie. The name comes from the co-creator of the Berkeley Systems Distribution of UNIX, Charles B. Haley. His instructions (co-authored with Dennis Ritchie) on how to install a UNIX system on the PDP11 also give an explanation as to why "root" is "root". It's all about the filesystem.
See http://minnie.tuhs.org/PUPS/Setup/v7_setup.ps.gz and http://mcs.open.ac.uk/cbh46/career_summary.htm
Also, someone above talking about the "god" user is mistaken. "God" was a password often used for the root account for those people who preferred not to use the default "root" password.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.110.230.46 (talk) 
Hi Alberzoom (talk) 06:35, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charlie root 

message: Jessica nicole taylor (talk) 08:26, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: You've got to be joking. How is being able to log in as a super-user a vulnerability?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Genshihebi (talk • contribs) 07:23, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  login as system a vulnerability? 

message: Is it really "super user"?  Or was it originally "substitute user"? - KitchM (talk) 03:47, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition 

message: Fakeroot redirects here, though no explanation to the term is provided in the article. thanks  80.179.220.87 (talk ) 07:51, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  fakeroot 

message: This page should discuss these reasons a superuser is needed. Less emphasis (liike not in very paragraph) on virus use root...
Let's just add a paragraph at the end regarding the risks of using root and refer to virus page.
DGerman (talk) 18:21, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much emphasis on abuses 

message: The article says that in Windows (before UAC) the Administrator could be removed from the Administrators group and put into the Power Users group to mitigate some risks. This is not true. The built-in Administrator cannot be removed from the built-in Administrators group, because this could lead to a system without an Administrator. But maybe the author wanted to say something else? Please fix. --84.72.38.126 (talk) 22:11, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove WinNT Admin 

message: The redirect Fakeroot has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.   Jay 💬 06:13, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Fakeroot]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]