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  2. sudo - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudo

    sudo (/ s uː d uː / [4]) is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that enables users to run programs with the security privileges of another user, by default the superuser. [5] It originally stood for "superuser do", [ 6 ] as that was all it did, and this remains its most common usage; [ 7 ] however, the official Sudo project ...

  3. su (Unix) - Wikipedia

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    The command sudo is related, and executes a command as another user but observes a set of constraints about which users can execute which commands as which other users (generally in a configuration file named /etc/sudoers, best editable by the command visudo).

  4. Wheel (computing) - Wikipedia

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    The wheel group is a special user group used on some Unix systems, mostly BSD systems, [citation needed] to control access to the su [4] [5] or sudo command, which allows a user to masquerade as another user (usually the super user). [1] [2] [6] Debian and its derivatives create a group called sudo with purpose similar to that of a wheel group. [7]

  5. Alien (file converter) - Wikipedia

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    It might require Super User Privileges to run the command. If it does then proceed with the commands below $ sudo alien ${filename}.rpm # Rpm to Deb $ sudo alien-k ${filename}.tar.gz # Tar.gz to Deb $ sudo alien-d ${filename}.tar.bz2 # Tar.bz2 to Deb $ sudo alien--to-deb ~/ ${filename}.tgz # Tgz to Deb $ sudo alien-r ${filename}.deb

  6. Superuser - Wikipedia

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    In some 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 is the superuser [i.e., uid=0], regardless of the name of that account; [1] and in systems which implement a role-based security model, any user with the role of superuser (or its synonyms ...

  7. passwd - Wikipedia

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    Typically, this is a set of comma-separated values including the user's full name and contact details. [3] /home/jsmith: Path to the user's home directory. /bin/sh: Program that is started every time the user logs into the system. For an interactive user, this is usually one of the system's command line interpreters .

  8. Linux namespaces - Wikipedia

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    A user namespace contains a mapping table converting user IDs from the container's point of view to the system's point of view. This allows, for example, the root user to have user ID 0 in the container but is actually treated as user ID 1,400,000 by the system for ownership checks. A similar table is used for group ID mappings and ownership ...

  9. chmod - Wikipedia

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    The script findPhoneNumbers.sh can be read, written to, and executed by the user dgerman; read and executed by members of the staff group; and only read by any other users. The main parts of the chmod permissions: For example: rwxr-x---Each group of three characters define permissions for each class: