Does admin=true and root has the same privileges on AIX?

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Published on 2012-11-05T16:41:20Z Indexed on 2012/11/05 17:05 UTC
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Does a user in /etc/security/user with the parameter admin set to true (admin = true) has the same privileges as the root user?

According to IBM (full information here):

admin Defines the administrative status of the user. Possible values are: true The user is an administrator. Only the root user can change the attributes of users defined as administrators. false The user is not an administrator. This is the default value.

Is there another type of user, or are admin and root the same?

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