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Old 03-28-2013
Users list
Hi
i would like to know were the folder that contain file with list of all users ?
And were i can learn about what kind of folder i have and wheat they have inside?
question 2.
when i write ls -a i see all directories and then i choose for example Documents
and inside Documents i typed again ls -a and it got me only . .. on the screen what dose it means.(the dot were blue colored if it helps)
I Have virtual box(Orcale) that linux is running on it?
Thx
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Old 03-28-2013
User information is normally found in /etc/passwd.

Briefly put, . is the current directory, .. is the parent directory.
 
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