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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

For further information on this topic, see the following

Related Information

Commands and Processes

File and System Security

User Environment and System Information

Customizing the User Environment

Shells

Korn Shell or POSIX Shell Commands

Bourne Shell

C Shell

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