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AIX Version 4.3 System User's Guide: Operating System and Devices

Command Summary for Login Names, System IDs, and Passwords

Login and Logout Commands

login
                          Initiates your session.
logout
                          Stops all your processes.
shutdown
                          Ends system operation.
su
                          Changes the user ID associated with a session.
touch
                          Updates the access and modification times of a file, or creates an empty file.

User and System Identification Commands

id
                          Displays the system identifications of a specified user.
logname
                          Displays login name.
uname
                          Displays the name of the current operating system.
who
                          Identifies the users currently logged in.
whoami
                          Displays your login name.

Password Command

passwd
                          Changes a user's password.

Related Information

Commands and Processes Overview

File and System Security

User Environment and System Information

User Environment Customization

Shells Overview

Korn Shell or POSIX Shell

Bourne Shell

C Shell


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