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  2. 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]

  3. Linux user group - Wikipedia

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    A Linux User Group or Linux Users' Group (LUG) or GNU/Linux User Group (GLUG) is a private, generally non-profit or not-for-profit organization that provides support and/or education for Linux users, particularly for inexperienced users. The term commonly refers to local groups that meet in person but is also used to refer to online support ...

  4. Group identifier - Wikipedia

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    A group identifier, often abbreviated to GID, is a numeric value used to represent a specific group. [1] The range of values for a GID varies amongst different systems; at the very least, a GID can be between 0 and 32,767, with one restriction: the login group for the superuser must have GID 0. This numeric value is used to refer to groups in ...

  5. Linux - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 September 2024. Family of Unix-like operating systems This article is about the family of operating systems. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation). Operating system Linux Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux Developer Community contributors, Linus Torvalds ...

  6. setuid - Wikipedia

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    setuid. The Unix and Linux access rights flags setuid and setgid (short for set user identity and set group identity) [1] allow users to run an executable with the file system permissions of the executable's owner or group respectively and to change behaviour in directories. They are often used to allow users on a computer system to run ...

  7. APT (software) - Wikipedia

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    APT is a collection of tools distributed in a package named apt. A significant part of APT is defined in a C++ library of functions; APT also includes command-line programs for dealing with packages, which use the library. Three such programs are apt, apt-get and apt-cache. They are commonly used in examples because they are simple and ubiquitous.

  8. sudo - Wikipedia

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    sudo. sudo (/ suːduː / [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 page ...

  9. Add, edit, and delete contact groups in AOL Desktop Gold Mail

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    Save yourself time when sending the same email to multiple people by creating a group of your contacts. Instead of adding each email address separately, you can email a bunch of contacts by typing your group's name in the "To" field of a new email. Once you've created a group, you can continue to add, edit, or delete contacts from it.