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TSk town shit
post Dec 28 2019, 05:10 PM, updated 5y ago

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I searched for a while in the Internet, but I didn't see the explanation about it.
Can somebody please tell me what is $ used for?

Like the Terminal screen:
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suzy@suzy-MacBookAir:/$


Why every line must begin with $

Second thing, If somebody asked me to run as root, what does he means?

This post has been edited by k town shit: Dec 28 2019, 05:10 PM
KrankZ
post Dec 28 2019, 05:22 PM

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TSk town shit
post Dec 28 2019, 11:05 PM

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QUOTE(KrankZ @ Dec 28 2019, 04:22 PM)
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post Dec 28 2019, 11:06 PM

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Ignore the $
For root user, you have to add 'sudo' at the front of each command. Example 'sudo ls' , 'sudo fdisk -l'
TSk town shit
post Dec 29 2019, 12:31 AM

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QUOTE(WongGei @ Dec 28 2019, 10:06 PM)
Ignore the $
For root user, you have to add 'sudo' at the front of each command. Example 'sudo ls' , 'sudo fdisk -l'
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How I know I'm a root user?
I have only one user in my machine, I'm the only one who is using it.
Ubuntu is quite Programmer-friendly only , please help icon_question.gif
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post Dec 29 2019, 10:52 AM

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QUOTE(k town shit @ Dec 29 2019, 12:31 AM)
How I know I'm a root user?
I have only one user in my machine, I'm the only one who is using it.
Ubuntu is quite Programmer-friendly only , please help  icon_question.gif
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CODE
$ whoami
mx
$ sudo su
[sudo] password for mx:
root@mx:/home/mx# whoami
root
root@mx:/home/mx# exit
exit
mx@mx:~

command promp change from $ to #, the color too


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post Dec 29 2019, 11:00 AM

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$ means nothing..

it is just a way for the OS to indicate which type of user account u r running as; admin or normal user account.
So you dont have to type "whoami" just to find out your current privilege.
$ usually used for normal user account
# indicate a root account

This $ and # symbol is set within the ENV profile for user/root account and can be changed to other symbol/anything if preferred.
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post Dec 29 2019, 11:37 AM

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QUOTE(fat16 @ Dec 29 2019, 09:52 AM)
CODE
$ whoami
mx
$ sudo su
[sudo] password for mx:
root@mx:/home/mx# whoami
root
root@mx:/home/mx# exit
exit
mx@mx:~

command promp change from $ to #, the color too
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Thanks thanks rclxm9.gif

QUOTE(syaifau @ Dec 29 2019, 10:00 AM)
$ means nothing..

it is just a way for the OS to indicate which type of user account u r running as; admin or normal user account.
So you dont have to type "whoami" just to find out your current privilege.
$ usually used for normal user account
# indicate a root account

This $ and # symbol is set within the ENV profile for user/root account and can be changed to other symbol/anything if preferred.
*
Thanks thanks rclxm9.gif

 

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