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Re: 2 SUQ (stupid unix questions)
- To: dgi_il(at-nospam)hotmail.com
- Subject: Re: 2 SUQ (stupid unix questions)
- From: Shlomi Fish <shlomif(at-nospam)techst02.technion.ac.il>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 10:49:02 +0200 (IST)
- Cc: linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il
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- In-Reply-To: <OE13fwjHNuQuN6tdqVv00005333@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 dgi_il@hotmail.com wrote:
> Sorry for thease dumb questions but here we go anyway...
>
> 1) how do I run a program in bacjkround? like running in an x terminal
> another program and still having the terminal?
>
Run the program from the command-line and append an ampersand ("&") to it.
Use the jobs and the kill commands to control it.
> 2) how do I make a user account without any password? I want to make a user,
> that will log-in no matter what password it will give.
>
Usually it's not a good idea, but in any case, you can leave the password
field in /etc/passwd blank for this user.
> thanks - diego
>
And next time post such questions to gnubies-il:
http://www.iglu.org.il/mailing-lists/gnubies-il.html
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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