The Unix command su, which stands for "substitute user" (or historically "superuser"), is used by a computer user to execute commands with the privileges...
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Language, ISO 639-1 code: su .su, country code top-level domain for the Soviet Union su (Unix), the substitute user command Seismic Unix, a collection of seismic...
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Man page (redirect from Man (Unix))
(short for manual page) is a form of software documentation found on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Topics covered include programs, system libraries...
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Berkeley Software Distribution (redirect from BSD Unix)
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), also known as Berkeley Unix or BSD Unix, is a discontinued Unix operating system developed and distributed by the Computer...
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Sudo (redirect from Sudo (Unix))
sudo (/suːduː/) is a shell command on Unix-like operating systems that enables a user to run a program with the security privileges of another user, by...
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tr is a command in Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like operating systems. It is an abbreviation of translate or transliterate, indicating its operation...
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Ls (redirect from Ls (Unix and Linux command))
developed for Unix and later codified by POSIX and Single UNIX Specification, it is supported in many operating systems today, including Unix-like variants...
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In most Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the ps (process status) program displays the currently-running processes. The related Unix utility top provides...
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Cal (command) (redirect from Cal (Unix))
utility on a number of computer operating systems including Unix, Plan 9, Inferno and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux that prints an ASCII calendar...
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member of the wheel user privileges group in order to access the su command. Most Unix and Unix-like systems have an account or group which enables a user to...
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1997-06-17. SU Help Page Award 2002 Award 1994 SUguide Seismic Unix Install Guide (hosted in Brazilian page) Seismic Unix wiki New Seismic Unix wiki 2019...
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The Unix file system (UFS) is a family of file systems supported by many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is a distant descendant of the original...
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SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring...
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Research Unix refers to the early versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed in...
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Whoami (redirect from Whoami (Unix))
In computing, whoami is a command found on most Unix-like operating systems, Intel iRMX 86, every Microsoft Windows operating system since Windows Server...
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SiteMinder for authentication (a popular commercial access management product). Su (Unix)-like support for switching principal identity over a HTTP or HTTPS connection...
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Superuser (redirect from Root (Unix))
cases, the actual name of the account is not the determining factor; on Unix-like systems, for example, the user with a user identifier (UID) of zero...
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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (redirect from Unix FHS)
used for the layout of Unix-like systems. It has been made popular by its use in Linux distributions, but it is used by other Unix-like systems as well...
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database of quotations. Early versions of the program appeared in Version 7 Unix in 1979. The most common version on modern systems is the BSD fortune, originally...
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Wheel (computing) (redirect from Wheel (Unix term))
is a special user group used on some Unix systems, mostly BSD systems,[citation needed] to control access to the su or sudo command, which allows a user...
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appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. A dump command is also part of ASCII's MSX-DOS2 Tools for MSX-DOS version 2. dump [-0123456789acLnSu] [-B records] [-b blocksize]...
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UnxUtils (redirect from Unix Utils)
UnxUtils is a collection of utility programs that provide popular Unix-based shell commands – ported from GNU implementations as native Windows programs...
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logon to a computer interactively. It is similar to the Unix commands sudo and su, but the Unix commands generally require prior configuration by the system...
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System V printing system (redirect from Lp (Unix))
subsystem of UNIX System V is one of several standardized systems for printing on Unix, and is typical of commercial System V-based Unix versions such...
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Setuid (category Unix file system technology)
The Unix and Linux access rights flags setuid and setgid (short for set user identity and set group identity) allow users to run an executable with the...
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Passwd (category Unix authentication-related software)
passwd is a command on Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and most Unix-like operating systems used to change a user's password. The password entered by the user is...
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DEC's DIGITAL Command Language (DCL) in OpenVMS and RSX-11, the various Unix shells (sh, ksh, csh, tcsh, zsh, Bash, etc.), CP/M's CCP, DOS' COMMAND.COM...
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required to support. The POSIX standard added several nonstandard C headers for Unix-specific functionality. Many have found their way to other architectures...
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Caldera International (redirect from Unifying Unix with Linux for Business)
Caldera International sought to shape SCO's UnixWare product (renamed Open UNIX) to present a unified view of Unix and Linux that could satisfy high-end business...
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known for owning Unix operating system assets that had belonged to the Santa Cruz Operation (the original SCO), including the UnixWare and OpenServer...
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