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root is the default administrative account for Unix-based systems. It is comparable to the Administrator account of a Windows system.

root is the default administrative account for Unix-based systems. It is comparable to the Administrator account of a Windows system.

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Remote host identification has changed

I'm trying to connect serverpilot manually on a cloud server at OVH (unbuntu 16) via the terminal on my mac (ssh root@vpsXXX.ovh.net) The operation failed once and now that I'm trying to re-setup it I'm getting an error message "WARNING: REMOTE HOST…
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send email as root in Debian

[solved] I have a problem while sending email as root from Debian machine. In exim panic log appears message: 2009-10-23 10:56:24 1N1Fwd-0001v5-Kh User 0 set for my_local_delivery_transport transport is on the fixed_never_users list I've added to…
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Why do I need to start services using sudo when logged in as root in an LXC container?

I've got an unprivileged LXC container which I've set up following the steps outlined on Stèphane Graber's website. Things work pretty well, but I'm having trouble starting php-fpm even though I am logged in as root. If I do sudo service php5-fpm…
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Prevent root in linux from changing folder permissions in GPFS filessystem

I have created a NFS export in a GPFS/SpectrumScale filesystem I created. I have enabled AD based authentication with our domain. Everything works. The NFS export was created with NFS4. The NFS export is mounted on some linux VMs. The problem is…
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Dell Switches and Spanning-Tree Route ID Configuration

I am analyzing a network for a colleague. It's a fairly simple topology and all the switches have converged on a common root-bridge, however two of the non-root bridges have identified the root as the MAC address of the root-bridge, whereras all the…
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Backup with rsync and exclude

I would like to do a partial backup from a server with rsync. my exclude file looks like this bin/ boot/ dev/ initrd.img initrd.img.old lib/ my problem is now, that every lib, bin and so on folder will be skipped in every folder but i just want to…
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Why can't I completely remove myqsl from my CentOS 6 machine?

When I hit the command yum remove mysql I get the following error: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Setting up Remove Process No Match for argument: mysql Error: File contains no section headers. file:…
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Enable root to console login only and restrict ssh login for root only

I want to enable root login at the console only, and disable root login via SSH. However other users can still SSH to the server (Ubuntu 14) and even sudo if there part of the sudoers group. I have the sudo bit sorted, just not sure how to restrict…
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How to enable login as root on xrdp with centos and GNOME?

Was wondering if anyone knows how to enable root login on xrdp with GNOME and centos 6? Below is my config for…
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Give Non Root user access to start mysqld service

I have a Non Root User abc and want to give the user sudo rights only to restart, start or stop - mysqld service. i.e sudo service mysqld restart. How can I do it so? I would like to do the same to usergroup too!!
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Why can't I cd to a root owned folder, as a member of the root group?

I verified I'm a member of root: user_me@host1:~$ sudo useradd -G root user_me useradd: user 'user_me' already exists However, I can't cd to /root/testing from my user: user_me@host1:~$ cd /root/testing -bash: cd: /root/testing: Permission…
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Serving additional directory content under root in Nginx

Using Nginx with Django, I have the following location entry in my server config: location / { include uwsgi_params; uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:1234; } Thus, all root URL requests are passed to Django. Now, I'd like to serve some additional…
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How to change the root email address to a new hostname?

Is there a way to change the outbound email for root, i.e instead of root@localhost.localdomain to root@apps.mydomain.com? I am using Postfix.
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How to create a file root user can't delete

On Linux systems, I have a file I want to preserve from (even accidental) deletion. How can I create a file even the root user can't delete? For instance, by trying: # touch file # chmod 000 file # chown : file # rm file root…
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CentOS 7 - root password works only once

I have a very strange issue here. My root password works only once, and as soon as I log out, it ceases to function. Subsequent attempts to log in come back as ‘login incorrect’. I have to drop back down into single-user mode and reset the password…
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