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Finding out the values of kernel options related to sysctl.conf and sysctl.d
On my Ubuntu machine, in /etc/sysctl.conf file, I've got reverse path filtering options commented out by default like this:
#net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1
#net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1
but in ...
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How do I set a user's default .bashrc file?
On Ubuntu 10.4 I have edited the /etc/bash.bashrc file to set some variables like the command history size (HISTSIZE=5000), however if I create a new users Ubuntu by default gives them a .bashrc file ...
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How can I regenerate the default '/etc/' config files?
I've removed nagios3 with apt-get remove nagios3 and then removed the files in by using the command sudo rm -R /etc/nagios*
Now when I run apt-get install nagios3 the config files (/etc/nagios3/*) ...
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Cannot connect to Samba shares after reinstall
I have a home file server on which I have recently reinstalled the OS. I replaced Ubuntu Server 10.04.2 32-bit with 10.04.3 64-bit due to hardware upgrades. I've copied my previous Samba configuration ...
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ubuntu like lightdm in arch linux
I have just installed archlinux on a virtual machine and I managed to install lightdm by following the instructions given in
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LightDM
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How to make an Ubuntu time zone change stick?
I'd like to reset the timezone through editing /etc/timezone. However, after I am done editing and save the file, the system time would not change accordingly.
On the other hand, when I take ...
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3answers
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How to check if CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS enable?
I have to program a realtime application on Linux, but don't know whether the standard installation of Ubuntu has CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS enabled. How can I check this?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 64bit.
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Autoconfig/Automake fails to generate AM_CFLAGS & AM_LDFLAGS for dependent D-BUS library. Why?
I want to build a program that use DBUS, using automake/autoconfig tools. But the make command always report an error "dbus/dbus-glib.h": No such file or directory.
My OS is ubuntu 10.10. And I ...
