Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. computing A user with complete access to the operating system and its configuration.
Etymologies
- super- + user (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The root account is also called the superuser; it is a login that bypasses all security protection on your system.”
“To do so, you have to have greater powers than a normal user; you must become the root user (also called the superuser).”
“I have been beating the drum a bunch lately on privileged user management ( "PUM" - the expression Forrester uses) aka superuser privilege management ( "SUPM" - the expression Gartner uses) aka privileged account management ( "PAM" - the expression Burton Group uses).”
“Typically, today's computer operating systems try to limit access by creating a partition between a single user's control of the machine and complete access to programs and data, which is referred to as superuser, root or administrative access.”
“Do the police get "superuser" devices that cannot be limited, and do they get "supercontroller" devices that can limit anything?”
Wired: Security Matters: I've Seen the Future, and It Has a Kill Switch
“Brantley envisions wiki-style collaborations where the author, instead of being the sole authority, is a "superuser," the lead wolf of a creative pack.”
“I like the balance that approach achieves: it forces the user to enter "superuser" mode to do something sensitive, but it isn't challenging for a password (unless the superuser installs one) every time.”
“Wikipedia, giving me the disambiguation page of 'Su,' provided me with "superuser," however Su_ (unix) provides substitute/switch user.”
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