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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Sudo (redirect from Sudo (Unix))
sudo (/suːduː/) is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that enables users to run programs with the security privileges of another user,...
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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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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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Ls (redirect from Ls (Unix and Linux command))
computer files and directories in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is specified by POSIX and the Single UNIX Specification. It is available in...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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System Activity Report (sar) is a Unix System V-derived system monitor command used to report on various system loads, including CPU activity, memory/paging...
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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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zSeries models). IBM added UNIX support (originally called OpenEdition MVS) in MVS/SP V4.3 and has obtained POSIX and UNIX™ certifications at several...
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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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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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standard English language spell checker for Unix, Plan 9, and Unix-like operating systems. Appearing in Version 6 Unix, spell was originally written by Stephen...
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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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UnxUtils (redirect from Unix Utils)
UnxUtils is a collection of ports of common GNU Unix-like utilities to native Win32, with executables only depending on the Microsoft C-runtime msvcrt...
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