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User ID 0.  Also called superuser.
User ID 0.  Also called superuser.  This user manages the UNIX system and has power over all.
To see who has it on your system:
 
$ grep :0: /etc/passwd
 
== root filesystem ==
 
The root filesystem is where /. resides on.  Since filesystems are a tree in unix the root is always existent.

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User ID 0. Also called superuser. This user manages the UNIX system and has power over all. To see who has it on your system:

$ grep :0: /etc/passwd

root filesystem

The root filesystem is where /. resides on. Since filesystems are a tree in unix the root is always existent.