Jamie Hare UNIX Systems Programming Unit 1 Discussion Board 2 Unix Programming UNIX system administrator roles There are many roles that UNIX system administrators conduct on a daily basis. They usually work in offices where a UNIX multiuser operating systems are used. Some of these include establishing and documenting standards and procedures. Establishes and maintains user accounts, assigns file permissions, and helps to establish password and account policies. If you go to any job posting for a UNIX administrator, you will find many of the required responsibilities that they must fulfill and for the most part most of the duties are the same with only minor detail changes. Some other roles they perform are installing and configuring test …show more content…
These Pipes and filters make it easier to sort and make it easier to read long directories. Superuser In UNIX and Linux, the Superuser account is used to gain root privileges and has all rights and permissions to all files and folders and can control all modes for single or multi-user. This gives Superusers more authority than regular users, such as being able to change ownership of files. Superuser authority is usually used by the administrator of the UNIX or Linux environment. This is why the Superuser is used, and that is for the root access that it allows with all the authority that an administrator needs to perform advanced functions. I would say it is better to log into as admin or logged in user of the account and only rely on using Sudo or Superuser privileges for certain functions that must be done with root access as if you are always logged in as having root privileges there is a greater chance at corrupting files mistakenly and using the super user account privileges is not forgiving in this