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HP-UX

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HP-UX is a discontinued proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. It is based on Unix System V and was first released in 1984; its final versions supported HPE Integrity Servers based on Intel's Itanium architecture.

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Classification
License
Proprietary (Closed Source) 1
Status
Status
Discontinued 1
Significance
First Unix to offer access-control lists for file access permissions 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: HP-UX
  • Lead section
    HP-UX was the first Unix to offer access-control lists for file access permissions as an alternative to the standard Unix permissions system.
  • entity record, description (license)
    HP-UX is a discontinued proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
  • entity record, description (status)
    HP-UX is a discontinued proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
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