#Is the admin account unsafe?

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bold raptor
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TL;DR: Yeah. Don't touch it, just use sudo instead.

Admin account is pretty much a Windows terminology. Here in Linux, it's often called the superuser.

The superuser is not designed for daily use. It requires advanced technical knowledge. It is some way unsafe since running something with superuser perms enable that to run on a root level.

It's not necessary in a desktop type of instance too. So I suggest you to steer clear from the superuser and simply stick to sudo.

I hope that answers your question, have a great day!

rare vale
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wdym

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there's no admin account

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you mean the root user? that's managed by you. but it's meant for system management

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mint will ask for your own user, iirc won't ask for root

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wrong, the root user exists across all distros

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I don't use mint, but my system has the root user and mine. when doing management, I just run sudo before my username for specific privilege escalation requirements

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read #762787812184555530

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which one

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iirc, mint installer will ask for your username and a password

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which will be added to the sudoers group

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that way, your user will have rights to perform calls to sudo while a command is running when required

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tldr, no need to worry, the regular mint user account will be like a regular windoz user account but with perms to do admin tasks through sudo

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are you afraid of something?

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good practice is to not run everything with sudo

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read #762787812184555530

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FYI, mint and linux systems have a way different paradigm. it's not windoz to begin with.

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things work way different here, it's like comparing a plane with a car

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#762787812184555530 should tell everything you should know

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archwiki explains with details

crisp root
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  1. the person who created the installed system, naturally gets superuser privilege (when needed and when prompted for password.
  2. other later-created "normal" user accounts have to be made by the superuser (aka root user aka the person who installed)
  3. "normal" users can be added to certain groups by the sudo/superuser to include them in things like Bluetooth access/ network access/ CD-rom access, etc
    see> 'linux groups' in google
brisk cosmos
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It is a bit confusing for new users. The account you create has basically root privileges, but there is a similar mechanism to Windows User Account Control in place, so anything that does require root privileges will prompt you again for your password. It is cached for a short while when doing several things in the same application. It is considered a reasonable compromise between security and usability, since by default a user can only affect their own /home path and no system settings beyond user profile/preferences.

crisp root
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under seemingly friendly pretenses