Root

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root is the most privileged account on a Unix-workalike system, and has the UID set to 0. root can do whatever he or she pleases, and that includes deleting files that are in use, symlinking the hard drive device to /dev/null, deleting other users accounts, and other bad or good things. rm -rf / is a stupid thing to do in general, and it's a very stupid thing to do as root. With great power comes great responsibility, and many Unix users agree that mucking about logged in as root is the only way to live. Use sudo when you can.

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