HP-Certified HP-UX System Administration

Chapter 1. Getting Started with UNIX

Chapter Syllabus

• 1.1 UNIX Shells

• 1.2 Logging In and Out of HP-UX

• 1.3 Home Directory

• 1.4 Using HP-UX Commands

• 1.5 Shell Startup Files

• 1.6 Simple HP-UX Commands

UNIX systems, unlike their counterpart single-user systems, are multiuser systems designed for many people to use one computer simultaneously. In fact, larger UNIX machines serve thousands of users simultaneously.

The two most commonly used standards for the UNIX systems are Berkley Distribution (BSD) and AT&T System V Release 4 (SVR4). Most vendor-specific versions of UNIX are based on one of these distributions. Although UNIX vendors have different brand names for their particular system, most features are common. The main vendor differences are in configuration ...