It also means that thesuperuseraccount, necessary for repairing a broken system, should not depend on any programs outside of this small core.
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Asuperuserhas more rights than an ordinary user, being able to change the file ownership, set arbitrary permissions, and access all protected content.
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Withsuperuserprivileges, launchctl can be used to make changes on a global scale.
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Even if the attacker gained access to the jail'ssuperuseraccount, he/she could only modify that jail, and not the whole system.
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Superuserstatus is conferred on users who have been selected by foursquare staff for their helpful contributions to the community.
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Only the directory owner andsuperuserare exempt from this.
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Many exploits are designed to providesuperuser-level access to a computer system.
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Setting the clock is restricted to thesuperuser.
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This is valuable, since if the system administrator did not intend for a secondsuperuseraccount, then it may mean that the system has been compromised.
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It can also signify a layman with only user account privileges, as opposed to a power user or administrator, who have knowledge of, and access to,superuseraccounts.
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Thesuperusercan modify the shells of other users, by supplying the name of the user whose shell is to be modified as a command-line argument.
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