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What is the user account number when you create a root user account for the system during the installation of any linux distribution? I'm not sure if its 0, 1, ...
  1. 02-18-2010 #1
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    Root User Account Number...?

    What is the user account number when you create a root user account for the system during the installation of any linux distribution? I'm not sure if its 0, 1, 10, or 100..
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    It's always 0.

    Code:
    > id root
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
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    more info

    In the way of further information, you can always run
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    cat /etc/passwd
    This will display a line of information for each user in the form:

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    root:x:0:0::/root:/bin/bash
    which represents the following information:

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    username:x:UID:GID::default shell
    username -> The username (duh!)
    x -> a placeholder for the password hash, which is stored in /etc/shadow
    UID -> User ID number
    GID -> Group ID number
    default shell -> the default shell for that user
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