Does the root account always have UID/GID 0?

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00:24 Accepted answer (Score 114)
02:10 Answer 2 (Score 20)
04:07 Answer 3 (Score 3)
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/626843/d...

Accepted answer links:
[Rich Homolka]: https://superuser.com/users/8804/rich-ho...
[a comment]: https://superuser.com/questions/626843/r...
[Simon Richter]: https://superuser.com/users/66780/simon-...
[FreeBSD uses it to provide a root user with a customized shell setting, leaving the root user with a default shell]: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq...

Answer 3 links:
https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/V2/GetPDF.as...

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