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Old 05-21-2006, 02:17 AM   #1
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Is there any difference between root and superuser


When I use the commend ,"/sbin/shutdown now" ,It told me "shutdown: you must be root to do that!"
but when I use the commend ,"/sbin/poweroff",It told me "poweroff: must be superuser."
So,is there any difference between root and superuser?
 
Old 05-21-2006, 02:48 AM   #2
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Nope, root is the super-user.
 
  


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