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figure 1.15: setting the time Zone

setting up the root user

All Linux systems have an administrative account, root. This account has access to everything
on the computer; it’s similar to the Administrator account in Windows systems. As the power
of root in Linux is so broad, it’s critical that you make accessing the root account as difficult as
possible. Choose a secure password for the root account – one that consists of both upper and
lowercase letters, as well as numbers and special characters – and enter it into the fields as shown
in Figure 1.16. It is recommended that you record your root password somewhere and keep it
safe: if you forget the password, it becomes very difficult to gain access to your machine should
things go wrong.

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