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In many Unix variants, "nobody" is the conventional name of a user identifier which owns no files, is in no privileged groups, and has no abilities except those which every other user has. It is normally not enabled as a user account, i.e. has no home directory or login credentials assigned.
The wheel group is a special user group used on some Unix systems, mostly BSD systems, [citation needed] to control access to the su [4] [5] or sudo command, which allows a user to masquerade as another user (usually the super user). [1] [2] [6] Debian and its derivatives create a group called sudo with purpose similar to that of a wheel group. [7]
Some POSIX systems allocate UIDs for new users starting from 500 (macOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux till version 6), others start at 1000 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux since version 7, [8] openSUSE, Debian [4]). On many Linux systems, these ranges are specified in /etc/login.defs, for useradd and similar tools.
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Debian (/ ˈ d ɛ b i ə n /), [7] [8] also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a free and open source [b] Linux distribution, developed by the Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock in August 1993. Debian is one of the oldest operating systems based on the Linux kernel, and is the basis for many other Linux distributions.
Using Aptitude to view Debian package details (from Debian) Image 40 Fedora Core 1.0, a continuation of Red Hat Linux with GNOME 2.4 (2003-11) (from Fedora Linux ) Image 41 Iceweasel logo (from Debian )
He has been actively involved in the free and open-source software community and is a long time Debian developer. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He has also made contributions to Security-Enhanced Linux ( SELinux ) in the forms of creating reference policy and integrating SELinux to the wider free software ecosystem.
In August 2022, Peppermint OS announced the release of Devuan-based ISO's, alongside their Debian-based ISO's. [19]Exe GNU/Linux is a Devuan derivative (since 2017) featuring the Trinity Desktop Environment and another LXDE version.