Top "Root" questions

On Unix-like systems, a special user account used for system administration.

PHP sudo in shell_exec

I want to execute a command as root with shell_exec. Now I know this is dangerous, but believe me, …

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Drop database return "Error dropping database errno: 66" in MySQL

Consider: DROP DATABASE db_name; ERROR 1010 (HY000): Error dropping database (can't rmdir './db_name', errno: 66) The problem is that …

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how to debug application as root in eclipse in Ubuntu?

I'm programming application using libpcap. when I debug the application in normal mode, pcap cannot get the network device. it …

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java system preferences under different users in linux

I'm trying to run multiple jvms (including tomcat) under different users on one linux box. I'm not seeing too many …

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How to create android apps with root access?

I found out that there's so many apps out there which required root access. How were they able to create …

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Start app as root with pm2

I have a daemon that must be run as root on startup. I use pm2 to start other apps but …

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Can not perform `pod install` under el capitan (15A279b)

I ran pod install with El Capitan and got this error: Errno::EPERM - Operation not permitted - /Users/../Pods/…

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How do I run a command as a different user from a root cronjob?

I seem to be stuck between an NFS limitation and a Cron limitation. So I've got root cron (on RHEL5) …

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Where does iOS keep its data folder

In Android, if you have root, you can access a folder /data/data/<package name> In this folder …

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How to disable MySQL root logins when no password is supplied?

MySQL is installed on my laptop and it works fine, except that I am allowed to log in without supplying …

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