In Unix/Linux operating system a user can have root access or not, the root access provides complete access to user of a system. There are some following risks to have a single root user on Unix/Linux operating system.
Easy to hack: If any security error broke the security then a hacker can get the access of all data and can get the whole control of hardware. It allow to retrieve all files and data without root access. So, it is a big risk of losing and stolen data and important information of user (Why is it bad to login as root?, n.d.).
Security: when any application like Flash, Firefox etc is running on root account then any type of weakness of that program can destroy your system. Because, now some viruses have access all over or small bugs in a program can format the necessary files(Why is it bad to login as root?, n.d.). …show more content…
All actions can hide by root user: All the commands are run through sudo. It has a record of every command which was executed. The root password allows the user to make changes and give rights to execute every command. So, with the help of it any user can delete the work history. A root user has more control on the machine (Why is it bad to login as root?,