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When many people are using a single computer system at the same time, there must be orderly procedures for dealing with administrative details. On larger systems, there is usually a system administrator who is responsible for these tasks. However, if there is no administrator for your system (or if you have a smaller system), you may have to take over.
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Tanenbaum, Andrew S., Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1987.
Bach, Maurice J., The Design of the UNIX Operating System, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986.
Comer, Douglas, Operating System Design: the XINU Approach, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984.
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Topham, D.W. (1990). Basic Information. In: A System V Guide to UNIX and XENIX. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3246-9_28
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