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In summary, admin privileges allow you to change important parts of your system when you need to, but prevent you from doing it accidentally.
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Located in
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What does "super user" mean?
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Located in
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A user with admin privileges is sometimes called a <em>super user</em>. This is simply because that user has more privileges than normal users. You might see people discussing things like <cmd>su</cmd> and <cmd>sudo</cmd>; these are programs for temporarily giving you "super user" (admin) privileges.
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(itstool) path: note/p
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Located in
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Why are admin privileges useful?
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Requiring users to have admin privileges before important system changes are made is useful because it helps to prevent your system from being broken, intentionally or unintentionally.
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If you had admin privileges all of the time, you might accidentally change an important file, or run an application which changes something important by mistake. Only getting admin privileges temporarily, when you need them, reduces the risk of these mistakes happening.
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Only certain, trusted users should be allowed to have admin privileges. This prevents other users from messing with the computer and doing things like uninstalling applications that you need, installing applications that you don't want, or changing important files. This is useful from a security standpoint.
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Located in
C/user-admin-explain.page:70(section/p)
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You can only do some things, like installing applications, if you have admin privileges.
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Located in
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Problems caused by administrative restrictions
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There are a few problems that you might experience because you don't have <link xref="user-admin-explain">administrative privileges</link>. Some things require you to have admin privileges in order to work, such as:
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