Linux Users and File Types— Lesson 3
Access the root user
Go back to the user
Access the location for all users and passwords
Add/remove user
Access user/Groups
Add user/group
Add user to a group as a secondary group
File type
1- -regular or plain file , use touch command to create any filename.
2- d directory use mkdir command to create any directory
3- c Character device file users and programs can communicate with the hardware.
4- b Block Device file similar to character devices.
5 -s Local sockets file communication between processes.
6- p Named Pipes file Similar to Local sockets, communication between two local processes. T created by mknod command
7- l Symbolic Links file two types of symbolic links:hard links,soft links, use ln -s command to create soft link
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