Unix generally refers to a family of operating systems based off of the Unix operating system developed in the 1970s at Bell Labs by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and team.
In a contemporary setting, people may use the term “Unix” to describe operating systems such as Linux or macOS.
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- /etc/fstab
- /proc/System.map
- /var/tmp
- a.out
- Berkeley r-commands
- cat command
- chmod
- chmod command
- chroot
- chsh
- cron
- crontab persistence
- cunleashed-heathfield2000
- daemon
- default shell
- Dennis Ritchie
- diff
- directory
- dmesg command
- ELF
- file command
- file descriptor
- files
- find command
- FreeBSD
- GNU ld
- grep
- init process
- IRIX
- Ken Thompson
- kill command
- Linux Kernel
- LKM rootkit
- LOKI2
- malware replacing legitimate system components
- malware setting files as immutable or append only
- mount command
- mutt
- named pipe
- NetBSD
- ntpd
- ntpdate
- OpenBSD
- package manager
- PAM
- passwd command
- passwd file
- Paul Vixie
- pipeline
- Plan 9
- POSIX
- program interpreter
- ps command
- r-commands
- root user
- setuid root
- shadow file
- shadow password suite
- shell script
- signal (operating systems)
- Solaris
- strace
- stty
- su command
- sudo
- suid
- suid root
- SunOS
- surfraw
- syslog
- tar command
- tcpdump
- tty
- virtual terminals
- watchdog