Root user
The root user (the user whose login name is root) has special characteristics within the system:
- Created upon installation: The root user is the only default user created by the installation program. The default password is root (change the password immediately after installation).
- No license required: The root user does not consume a user license. No matter how many users are logged in, you can always log in as the root user. (When someone logs in as root, any other user already logged in as root is logged off.)
- System time zone: The root user's time zone is the default time zone of the Management Console. The time zone for other users, both in-system and LDAP users, is taken from the root user's time zone by default. Users can set their own time zone after logging in once. All times and logs reported in the system are expressed in the user's time zone.
- All permissions: The root user has all available permissions and can edit other user's properties. You cannot remove any access privileges from the root user. Although the root user is not a member of any access groups, the root user can view, edit, or use any data objects in the system.
- Priority: The root user is always a priority user.
- Log in as any user: The root user can log in as a user without using a password by clicking Switch to User on the page.
- Logging out current users: The root user can log out users by clicking Logout User on the page.
- By default, LDAP users are assigned the same time zone as the root user. However, they can edit the time zone assigned to them after they log in once. The system remembers the new preference.