On Tue, 24 May 2011 18:49:01 +0200 "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Le 24 mai 2011 à 18:45, ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx a écrit : > > Do not assume that root's name is "root". > > Maybe it's in POSIX ? :D I haven't read anything to that effect yet. I believe also the word superuser I've only seen in the "Rationale" sections and when referring to System V or some BSD version. The normative sections only seem to speak of privileged users and processes. Probably to avoid restricting the user/security model more than necessary. CU, Ingo