The action of modifying a program's behavior, generally by modifying a text file.
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securing SSH and disabling direct root
In these instructions below what appears on my terminal is different so not sure what I should change. After port 22 mine says #AddressFamily any and further down for protocol it has longer line ...
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Install another PHP version. Fedora 17
How can I install another PHP version?
I have php 5.4.5 for now, but I need the version 5.3.15 running too.
How can I perform this on Fedora 17? Without using a Virtual Machine?
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wrapper command for sshd_config?
Is there a command to set settings in sshd_config, instead of manually editing the file? I would prefer it to do this way, because it's easier to automate. Otherwise I'd have to grep config with my ...
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(IP Telephony, VoIP and Video Conferencing) Ekiga configuration for LAN with same subnet
I am looking for a Open Source Voice Chat Application, like Skype, but within an isolated intranet (no internet is available). Is there any application which can run on Scientific Linux or CentOS?
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problems using slime on emacs24
I install slime through ELPA. Here is what my .emacs file looks like:
(setq inferior-lisp-program "sbcl --noinform")
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/slime/")
(require 'slime)
(slime-setup)
(setq ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 LAMP Virtual Host seems to ignore active sites
I was going to delete this question, but I couldn't because it has been answered. I am abandoning this question because I am going to replace my desktop install with a server install. We'll see if ...
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How to compile kernel for KVM guest (without paravirtualization)?
So I have a KVM machine, where I run an Ubuntu 12.04 (server edition).
I want to compile a minimalistic kernel for the KVM guest, but I only found the howto for hosts, and guests with ...
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How to configure FOSS ATI drivers on Debian Wheezy and ATI RS880 [Radeon HD 4250]?
Installed a fresh Debian Wheezy to enjoy Gnome 3 but it starts in fallback mode. I suppose that's because the loaded drivers do not support 3D acceleration.
Installed packages I know are relevant:
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setting Cygwin's $HOME to Windows profile directory
Are there any drawbacks to having Cygwin and Windows share the same $HOME directory, in this case the Windows profile directory?
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Config setting for Linux kernel compilation
I need a Linux kernel compiled with debug features for a kernel module development.What all debugging configuration options should I include for kernel compilation,So that I can avail to all available ...
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What is a remote config server?
I found myself enabling one of my computer on LAN to connect to a server through port 1236. A check on the list of services show:
bvcontrol 1236/tcp rmtcfg # Daniel J. Walsh, Gracilis Packeten remote ...
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How to configurate ganglia-monitor on a single debian machine?
Here is what I currently have online, as you can see there is no information about my debian server.
(While was installing I tried to follow next instructions)
What I have changed in default ...
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How to enable cups-lpd / port 515?
I have a print server using CUPS on a CentOS 5.3 box. On my PC, I set up a remote printer with the URI http://$PRINT_SERVER:631/printers/$PRINTER_NAME, and have successfully been able to print files ...
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zsh and xfce4-terminal
I've changed my login shell to zsh from bash on an installation of Debian Squeeze with XFCE. When I launch xfce4-terminal, zsh starts but does not load my configuration. I have searched high and ...
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Building monotools-server, gtk+, pango - bizarre path issues
I'm attempting to build the monotools-server app from source. After days of hunting down missing dependencies (and in one case (xsp) having to manually modify a generated Makefile to remove a ...
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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 ...
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PHP compilation - link to library
I am compiling php 5.3.13 on my server. I want to create an autonome php5 folder.
So prefix is:
/usr/local/php5
In this folder I have a lib folder, where I put all lib needed for php to be executed ...
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Wifi connection works but can't connect to internet
I've recently switched to using Slackware 14 on my laptop, so far I'm quite happy with the distro, except for 1 really annoying little thing: I can surf using hotspots, and all sorts of public ...
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Opendns setup failed. How to fix it?
I have problems trying to configure OpenDNS. I have contacted OpenDNS support but they did not answer. I cannot access websites like Twitter and Facebook.
I tried welcome.opendns.com (did not ...
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How to setup squid simplest way for safe proxy?
I have installed squid on my remote linux box and added my desktop's IP as
acl lagrangian64 src XX.XX.XX.XX/32
in squid config.
Also I have added lagrangian64 to the following line:
http_access ...
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Is it possible to enter a port range in /etc/services?
I have a passive FTP server setup that accepts ftp-data connections on a specific set of ports, ie 50000-50100
In the /etc/services file, I found the ftp-data entries:
ftp-data 20/tcp # ...
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mod_python won't “./configure” because it can't determine httpd version
I'm trying to install mod_python 3.3.1 on Apache 2.4.3 and whenever I try to run ./configure (with apxs etc) and instead of configuring correctly, it says that Apache 2.x is required and my current ...
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Postfix Configuration - different servers for subdomains and domain
I have a following setup:
1 postfix server: a.example.com that needs to accept all emails for any subdomain on example.com (*@*.example.com) and delivers to mailman account and also send emails to any ...
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Mail Server not working?
I am trying to setup mail server since a long time but as I am new to Linux I have unsuccessfully configured it to the best as I could but now I need assistance.
I have installed it using the links ...
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How to disable tmpfs on /media in openSUSE?
In OS 11.4 /media is a regular directory. Whatever I put there, it stays.
In OS 12.1 /media is tmpfs. Whatever I put there, on next restart is gone.
The question is -- how to get rid of tmpfs on ...
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Config File Sequence for ZSH?
I know there is an elaborate sequence of config files that BASH reads sequentially (or alternatively skips if a particular one is present), however I have for the most part adopted ZSH as my default ...
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Differences between Windows registry and UNIX/Linux approach [closed]
What are the main differences between the Windows registry and the approach used in UNIX/Linux, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach?
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Linux configuration settings
Where are the following configuration files located (e.g., Redhat)?
network settings (static/DHCP/DNS)
timezone
proxy for network
default language
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what if an erroe occur in etc file??? [closed]
etc0 etc1 failed??the whole system hangs what shhould i do know
which of these applications' config files do I use? All of these supply an /etc-based global configuration file, that affects all ...
