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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 Linux Admin Consultant - Best Practice

We are engaging a consultant in India as our Linux Administrator. We don't know him well and he requires Root access to all our servers to do his job (including a security audit). What is the best practice for enabling a remote consultant for such…
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Apache doesn't load document root

So, the problem seems simple, but I'm trying to solve it unfortunately without result. Apache still doesn't see a "/web" catalog (for example, I can't load css styles or images that exist there). Below is my httpd-vhosts.conf: # Virtual…
Martini
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cannot access ROOT account in Ubuntu 10.04 after an UPGRADE using Synaptic Package Manager

I just did an UPGRADE using Synaptic in my HPZ820 machine. Before executing the UPGRADE, Synaptic gave a message that some upgrades were not authenticated and asked if I would like to continue the upgrade. I did and the upgrade proceeded smoothly.…
Edgar
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