Index

account, Users and groups
attribute
file, Handling File Attributes
command
at, at: schedule a command, but only once
bzip2, bzip2, bzip2 and gzip: data compression programs
cat, cat: print the contents of one or more files to the screen
cd, cd: Change Directory
chgrp, chown, chgrp: change the owner and group of one or more files
chmod, chmod: changing permissions on files and directories (CHange MODe)
chown, chown, chgrp: change the owner and group of one or more files
configure, Principle
cp, cp: copying files and directories (CoPy)
crontab, crontab: reporting or editing your crontab file
find, find: find files according to certain criteria
grep, grep: General Regular Expression Parse
gzip, bzip2 and gzip: data compression programs
init, In the beginning was init
less, less: a pager
ls, ls: listing files (LiSt)
make, make
mkdir, mkdir, touch: creating empty directories and files (MaKe DIRectory)
mount, The mount and umount commands
msec, Setting your security level
mv, mv: moving or renaming files (MoVe)
patch, Unpacking sources, patching the kernel (if necessary)
pwd, Small introduction to the command line
rm, rm: deleting files or directories (ReMove)
tar, The use of GNU Tar, tar: Tape ARchiver
touch, mkdir, touch: creating empty directories and files (MaKe DIRectory)
umount, The mount and umount commands
completion, Command-line Completion
console, Users and groups
editor
Emacs, Emacs
vi, VI: the ancestor
environment
process, Processes, Information about processes
variable, Some environment variables and the echo command
FHS, Organization of the file tree
file
attribute, File attributes
block mode, Everything is a file, Special files: character mode and block mode files
character mode, Everything is a file
link, Everything is a file, Links
permission, permissions check
socket, Everything is a file
framebuffer, Updating GRUB
GID, Users and groups
globbing
character, shell globbing patterns and regular expressions
GPL, The GNU General Public License
group, Users and groups, chown, chgrp: change the owner and group of one or more files
grub, Updating GRUB
inode, Everything is a file
lilo, Updating LILO
link
hard, Symbolic links and the limitation of hard links
symbolic, Symbolic links and the limitation of hard links
Makefile, Structure of a distribution, Explanations
modules, Information on hardware
NFS, global security check
owner, File basics, Handling File Attributes
password, Users and groups
permission, File basics, chmod: changing permissions on files and directories (CHange MODe)
PID, Processes
pipe, Pipes
anonymous, Anonymous pipes and named pipes
file, Everything is a file
named, Anonymous pipes and named pipes
printing
administration, Installing and managing printers
user, Printing documents
process, Processes, Starting and handling background processes: job control, Information about processes
promiscuous mode, promiscuous check
prompt, Users and groups, Small introduction to the command line
redirection, Redirections
root
directory, The root directory: /, Information about processes
user, Users and groups
runlevel, Runlevels
security
level, Setting your security level
shell, Small introduction to the command line, Introduction to the command line
standard
error, A little more about processes
input, A little more about processes, grep: General Regular Expression Parse
output, A little more about processes, grep: General Regular Expression Parse
SUID, suid root file MD5 check
UID, Users and groups
umask, umask for users
Unix, Basic Unix concepts
GNU/Linux, Basic Unix concepts
user, Users and groups
virus, Processes

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