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The term system administration encompasses activities such as registering new users, configuring hardware and the network, compiling and configuring new software, and booting and shutting down the system. All these activities are generally carried out by the user root, also called the superuser, who has all permissions in the system. However, this also means that root can create havoc. For this reason you should only log in as root when this is explicitly required. Whenever you are carrying out activities that have nothing to do with system administration, you should always log in as a normal user! Then you can modify and delete only your own data.
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Strobel, S., Maurer, R., Middendorf, S. (1997). Administration. In: Linux Universe. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1868-5_9
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