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What are the risks of logging into a system routing as “root” or some other administrative identity?

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"Root" in Linus is the the same as Administrator in Windows.
When you log into a system with identity "root" this means that you have administrative privileges (you are not simple user of the system and application). The risk is that as a "Root" you have the authority to make changes in the system and maybe harm the system if you don't know exactly what you are doing.
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