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superuser

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superuser

A person with unlimited access privileges who can perform any and all operations on the computer. See root.


superuser - [Unix] Synonym root, avatar. This usage has spread to non-Unix environments; the superuser is any account with all wheel bits on. A more specific term than wheel.


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In too many organizations, too many users have permanent and full superuser, root or administrator privileges, a gaping vulnerability that exposes mission-critical systems to accidental harm and malicious activity," said Research Vice President, Ant Allen in Gartner's January 2007 report, "Toolkit: Password Management Tools for Shared Accounts and Service Accounts.
It would be great to knock off a number of these without requiring major development efforts, and utilizing the functional expertise of our analysts and superusers.
Firefighter tracks, monitors and logs all superuser session activities without the performance degradation that system logging would incur.
 
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