Root

• Default usernames

root directive in nginx.conf configuration file, /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

Related accounts

• Windows: Administrator
• macOS: Administrator, root
• admin Cisco IOS account
• root in MySQL
• postgres is superuser in PostgreSQL
• rds_superuser is Superuser in AWS RDS PostgreSQL
• MasterUsername: aws rds modify-db-instance --master-user-password
• Amazon RDS master username
• Google Workspace: administrator roles
• AWS: AdministratorAccess, root account
• AWS: sts:AssumeRole
• arn:aws:iam::123456789012:root
• elastic Elasticsearch
• Opensearch master username: <user defined>
• K8s: system:masters
• admin in ArgoCD

Related terms

• PermitRootLogin directive in OpenSSH
• Default usernames
• UID 0
• macOS: /var/root/

Activities

• Read how to enable root account in macOS: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204012

See also

• root, /, /root/, /var/root/, admin, administrator, MasterUsername, AdministratorAccess, PostgreSQL superuser, roles/admin
• FHS, /proc/, /proc/net/, /boot/, /run/, /dev/, /usr/, /var/run/, /etc/, /var/, /var/lib/ /var/log/, /var/www/, /opt/, /lib/, /sys/, /proc/kcore, /proc/sys/, /proc/sys/vm/, /snap/, /mnt/, /mnt/data, /var/opt/, /usr/bin/, /lib/, /proc/$PID/, /proc/self/