I am not sure that's always true; try looking at addgroup in redhat and addgroup in debian. Or the different choices UID's, or file placement. Enough that I rather dislike distro hopping.
/Blatant Debian plug/ Also I almost alway agree with Debian's file placement. *--* Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *--* Voice: 425.739.4247 *--* Fax: 425.827.9577 *--* HTTP://www.otak-k.com/~lawrence/ -------------------------------------- - - - - - - O t a k i n c . - - - - - On 15 Feb 1999, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > Dan Willard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | Just how closely does Linux match with Unix? If I know Linux and sitdown > | in front of a Unix terminal am I just going to notice a few differences (ie > | file locations and a couple of commands) or am I going to be lost? I think > | I already know the answer but would like confirmation. Thanks. > > Almost without exception Unix is Unix at the user level, especially > basic commands and tools, e.g., ls, df, du, awk, grep, etc. Things can > vary more at sys admin level though. For example, even among Linux > distributions there's the variation in "init", with some distros using > SYSV and others using BSD style init schemes. Even at this level > though there's usually a root commonality. For example I don't think > I've ever run across a Unix system that didn't use /etc/passwd. > > Even with this variation at the sys admin level, once you've learned > one flavor of Unix it's much easier to become familiar with a > different flavor. > > Gary > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
