File Management Paper John Tucker March 17‚ 2015 POS/355 Corey Johnson File Management Consider a system that supports 5‚000 users. Suppose you want to allow 4‚990 of those users to be able to access one file. How would you specify this protection scheme in UNIX®? There are multiple ways that you can achieve this protection scheme. The first way that you would be able to do it is to go inside the operating system and create an access control list. This access control list
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Closed Source vs. Open Source Seacratz‚ Top POS/355 March 20th‚ 2013 Les Brown Closed Source vs. Open Source The following text will describe the differences between open sourced and closed source operating systems. An example of an open sourced operating system is Linux operating system. An operating system that uses closed source code is Windows 2000. In an Internet video‚ Santiago (2012) states that‚ Open source software or operating systems are systems that provide source code to the
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Open/Closed Source POS 355 Open/Closed Source Product distribution probably seems very simple to the general public. Most people probably believe that it is simply how the product enters the end user’s hands. This is true‚ but with software distribution there are a couple different methods that the average person probably doesn’t know about. Open and closed source are the two ways in which software is distributed. They both have their advantages and disadvantages‚ but when it comes to operating
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Memory Management Requirements Marian Bennett POS/355 October 15‚ 2012 Jeff Rugg Memory Management Requirements There are two different types of programming systems; uniprogramming and multiprogramming. In uniprogramming there is just an operating system and the program that is currently being utilized. In multiprogramming‚ it is just as the term says‚ working to accommodate multiple programs. When are there is more than one program being executed at a time‚ there needs to be proper protocol
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GNU Public License and its Role POS/355 July 21‚ 2014 GNU Public License and its Role The LINUX software and other products are restricted with a License or patents to keep individual from altering or modifying the software. Developers usually release their software programs the way they think it best suit the potential business owner or users. The General Public License (GNU) role is to ensure when new software is released that it remains free to everyone to use as they please. The
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Open and Closed Source System POS 355 Open Source Operating Systems The following paper will discuss open source and closed source computer systems that are used in today’s technology world. These systems are available with licensing rights as well as with the source coding available for use. Computer software that is available with the source coding for redistribution is known as Open Source Software (OSS). The computer software source code contains all of the modifications and the works
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File Management in UNIX Kyle Allen Richmond‚ Sr. POS 355 / Introduction to Operating Systems University of Phoenix When it comes to UNIX systems all user data is organized and stored in files. These files are subsequently organized into a management structure comprising of directories and sub-directories. Much like forest and organizational units when it comes to active directory‚ UNIX also has the directories and sub-directories organized into a tree-like
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Known operating system security flaw in Microsoft® Windows®‚ Mac OS X®‚ Linux®‚ or UNIX® Lance Branford POS/355 January 13‚ 2015 Eugene Gorbatov Known operating system security flaw in Microsoft® Windows®‚ Mac OS X®‚ Linux®‚ or UNIX® In describing known operating security with in the operating systems. I will be describing how the systems are compromised how to counter the attack and what the attack does to the system. In the UNIX systems the vulnerability named shellshock which is a command line
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Memory Management Requirements William Sader POS/355 February 11‚ 2014 Timothy Thacker Memory Management Requirements During this paper titled memory management requirements topic of discussion consist of the explanation of the five requirements of memory management. Relocation Relocation is processes of adjustment of program addresses to match actual physical addresses where program resides in memory when program process is executed. Reasons relocations is required because computer programmers
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File Management Amanda Dyer POS/355 September 4‚ 2014 August Smith File Management File management in any computer system is a very crucial function. Proper file management alleviates everyday issues in file protection‚ to allow a smooth experience for users. Using file protection for operating systems‚ such as Unix‚ can be very easy and simple. Unix is a multiuser operating system that is used on a wide range of machines from powerful microcomputers to supercomputers
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