Prompts

There are a number of command output listings throughout this book. The commands in these sections start with a prompt (either $ or #) that indicates whether the command should be executed by a normal user or whether it should be run as root.

$ less /etc/raidtab
# vi /etc/raidtab

For example, in the preceding code, the $ prompt indicates that the first command can be run as a normal user. By default, any user can view, but not modify, the file /etc/raidtab. To edit that file, however, you need root access (as the # prompt denotes).

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