Root

Root is a user account for administrative purposes, and typically has the highest access rights on the system. 1

You can use sudo to perform actions as root. - Short for "super user do" - Actions run as root can damage your system

Some things do require root privileges, if they change any files in the root.

  1. https://www.ssh.com/academy/pam/root-user-account#:~:text=Root%20is%20the%20superuser%20account,account%2C%20regardless%20of%20the%20name. ↩