0
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0answers
5 views
Privilege escalation detection?
I am not linux/unix expert but everytime when i read about some local privilege escalation exploit e.g. ...
0
votes
0answers
10 views
Symlinks fail over time?
Not sure what to do with this one, but I have some stuff symlinked in my home directory:
~/Folder/ is symlinked to /mnt/media1
~/Folder2/ is symlinked to /mnt/media2
For some reason that I cannot ...
0
votes
1answer
13 views
How to Get FreeBSD Grep to recognize '-' option?
I am using FreeBSD grep, version 2.5.1, and want to be able to have grep read the pattern from stdin. Other versions of grep I have used allow for the specification of - to enable this feature. ...
0
votes
1answer
9 views
pulse-audio does not recognise my Logitech mic and my Webcam mic
I use the (great) AK5370 microphone for Skype, but it is not recognized by my archlinux i86_64.
It also fails to recognize the mic on my Logitech Webcam (PTZ, which I do not use).
Both are connected ...
0
votes
1answer
17 views
evoking a command from ssh that is OUTSIDE the current shell
I have two computers (a desktop and a laptop) running linux connected to my local area network. I like to ssh from my laptop over to my desktop and run programs there, and sometimes listen to music on ...
4
votes
1answer
27 views
How to configure Linux to cache file metadata in preference to contents?
I’d like to set the system up to use most RAM for file system metadata caching, but only a reasonably small amount for read/write caching and prefetching files. Ideally I would like to be able to ...
0
votes
1answer
13 views
Can't boot after installing FreeBSD in VMware Workstation
I'm trying to install FreeBSD 9.1-i386 in VMware Workstation.
I'm following the guide in the manual on freebsd.org to do this.
When I come to the partitioning part I use the guided setting and it ...
2
votes
0answers
21 views
Is it possible to get a character at terminal cursor using ANSI escape codes?
I know I can move the cursor with the escape codes, and I can also print at the cursor. What I'd like to know is if it is possible to pull the character under the cursor.
I tried searching for such a ...
0
votes
0answers
12 views
Fedora 18 not working on an HP Dv7
I've recently installed Fedora 18 on my brand new HP Dv7 that comes with Windows 8 and secure boot. Before install Fedora I disabled secure boot in the BIOS. I've installed Fedora 18 and all is ...
2
votes
2answers
26 views
rsync, delete files on receiving side that were deleted on sending side. (But don't delete everything)
I'd like to use rsync to...
delete files on the receiving side that were also deleted on the sending side
not delete other files that are in the rsynced directory on the receiving side
For ...
0
votes
1answer
28 views
JOIN command does not return results
I am trying to join 2 large files(1 file is 699M and other is 20GB). Both the files have only 2 columns. The command I am using is: join -1 2 -2 1 -t , -o 1.2,0,2.2 file1 file2. When I try the command ...
-1
votes
1answer
17 views
Configure Clock on different port other than port 80 in CentOS
I installed CentOS 6.4 & noticed that port 80 is being used by Clock application
[root@l-22733-p11 logs]# lsof -i tcp:80
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
clock-app ...
1
vote
2answers
24 views
sed command to leave two decimals and remove the rest after comma
I have a numeric value, for example 19.3478 or 22.456 or 10. I would like to remove extra decimals if there are more than two decimals, so that there is never more than two decimals after the comma. ...
-2
votes
0answers
27 views
Outfile has a strange name [closed]
I ran a shell-script full of awk commands like this:
awk 'do something; print "bananas"' infile >> outfile
(in fact there where two files running at the same time, if that matters)
the ...
-1
votes
1answer
17 views
While using ssh with Gui script it is giving error
When I'm using the line below in script:
ssh -Y user@host /home/user/xxx (xxx is gui script will open GUI window)
It is giving me error as below:
xauth: not found.
stty: : Not a typewriter
X11 ...
2
votes
1answer
32 views
`mv` has failed because of insufficient disk space, what now?
I have tried to move a folder A from partition a to partition b as folder B with mv. Now the target file system was not big enough for all the data (I know I should have checked this first).
Anyway, ...
1
vote
1answer
12 views
What to do with a message/partial MIME type?
I used a copier/scanner to scan a document and email me the resulting image. It sent me several emails, each with a message/partial MIME attachment. mutt doesn't seem to understand these messages. ...
0
votes
1answer
17 views
Java installation having issues on Centos java and javac showing different version
I have this package of java jdk-7u3-linux-x64.rpm. So I have been doing this normally yum install jdk-7u3-linux-x64.rpm. Then immediately I will do this
alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java ...
0
votes
0answers
39 views
Need help understanding to errors in /var/log/messages
Recently I've been checking my log and found two weird errors which I don't understand.
The first one:
May 22 08:11:00 localhost dbus: [system] Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; ...
2
votes
2answers
32 views
How to let sendmail preserve plus detail for .forward?
I have a normal sendmail installation. A user has a .forward like this:
# cat ~elrond/.forward
elrond@somewhere
# sendmail -bv elrond+extra@localhost
elrond@somewhere... deliverable: mailer esmtp, ...
8
votes
1answer
94 views
What happens when I press “Shut Down” from the GUI?
I have been banging my head against this for quite a while now. It's related to this question. I would like to find out exactly what happens when I choose to shut down my Linux box from the GUI. This ...
0
votes
2answers
57 views
How to get name of Display Manager on Linux? [duplicate]
I want to see Display Manager name (Gnome, KDE etc.) via python or bash script. Is there any command for it as uname? (I try fedora and Debian)
0
votes
0answers
20 views
Intel 82845G Video Crash workaround
I have the Intel 82845G video card and trying to get X11 working with it. It routinely crashes with artifacts. I know the existing history with this driver and X11 and I am about to buy a replacement ...
0
votes
2answers
36 views
What exactly is PKGBUILD and should I edit it when installing packages?
Whenever I use yaourt -Syua in my Manjaro Linux system, it'll give me
Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
and sometimes
Edit chromium-pepper-flash.install ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
Somewhere I ...
3
votes
0answers
14 views
Open/Libre Office: Restricting Impress to PowerPoint-compatible content?
Is there a way to restrict the Open/Libre Office presentation-program Impress to just PowerPoint-compatible content? Preferably in a way that "shadows-out" or removes non-compatible animations and ...
2
votes
1answer
38 views
Is it Safe to write to linux Partition from Windows?
I do tasks some of which require Windows while some require Ubuntu and thus I sometime need to access linux from windows, though the reverse is easily possible.
So, I searched in google and got an ...
1
vote
1answer
18 views
Measurement of free ram through /proc/meminfo with ramdisk (initrd)
I am booting a disk image via PXE, it is a full system on an initrd ramdisk. I would like to measure the actual free memory of the system (not including buffers and file system caching). I was told ...
0
votes
4answers
23 views
BASH: launch background process and check when it ends
How can I launch a process in background and check when it ends within a bash script?
My idea is a script like this:
launch backgroundprocess &
while [ Process is running ];do
echo "PROCESS ...
2
votes
3answers
68 views
Easy way to parse syslog date format
I'd like to write a script that analyses the last week's syslog.
But my syslog logs in a stupid date format, e.g. "May 22". If it logged as 2013-05-22, this task would be trivial.
Is there a way ...
1
vote
0answers
17 views
Why I was able to fix a broken package with aptitude but I could not with either apt-get or synaptic?
Yesterday I upgraded my Debian Testing and Audacious stopped to work. Troubleshooting I found that the problem was that it was updated to a recent version but the needed plugins were not. I tried to ...
0
votes
0answers
14 views
Configure Redmine with Apache with Passenger
Hello I have installed redmine on Arch Linux on my Virtual box and I am successfully able to run my redmine with the help of webrick server.
Now I want to run the same app from the apache with the ...
1
vote
0answers
42 views
restore filesystem after fdisk
I split a partition in two with fdisk, but after rebooting I've got partition in FAT filesystem (was ext4). What's can be wrong? And how to fix it or get data from bad partition? I hope this is ...
0
votes
0answers
7 views
compat-drivers-3.9 crash video card driver
I try to install wireless driver on my linux with compat-drivers-3.9. After installing compat-drivers-3.9 linux , the video driver seems to be crashed. The resolution is not correct. How can I restore ...
3
votes
2answers
97 views
Is grandchild process also child process?
In Unix/Linux terminology, do child processes of a process include grandchild processes of the process?
2
votes
2answers
28 views
How to remove a locally installed library?
I had just compiled and installed libc locally into my home directory. Sadly, after this, virtually every basic utility like ls and xz failed to function.
The error message prompted up when ...
1
vote
1answer
15 views
Errors in Syslog
Im getting this error on one of the server
May 21 16:45:42 ERPSSO gconfd (root-24528): Failed to write "/root/.gconf/apps/puplet/%gconf.xml": Failed to move temporary file ...
2
votes
4answers
39 views
how to sort access log efficiently in blocks
Access logs are more or less sorted by time, but to aggregate connections by time (uniq -c), you need to sort them a bit more. For a huge access log sort is very inefficient, because it buffers and ...
1
vote
0answers
19 views
how to solve ports dependencies conflict
What is the best approach to avoid conflict among the dependencies from two or more unrelated ports? I'm facing the following problem. A script that I'm using has the follow approach to try to install ...
-1
votes
1answer
28 views
Understanding Fedora init scripts
I have a script, which just runs infinitely updating a couple of bytes in a database and then sleeping for a few seconds each iteration. This works fine, except you should run it manually the first ...
-1
votes
0answers
24 views
Accessing usb in Qt(Beagleboard xM) [closed]
I am on the process of building a GUI application using Qt. I need to use the USB ports for my application. I searched for Qt USB support and ended up in this
link,
I tried to run this but every time ...
2
votes
0answers
16 views
Alt+tab key not working in NX client for linux
I am using NX clinet-3.5.0-7 version running on ubuntu 12.04. I am trying to use Alt+Tab key to switch between different terminals on my NX client but I am unable to do so. When ever I use Alt+Tab, it ...
1
vote
0answers
15 views
Identifying MaxSpeed of a Bonded Interface
I have configured Ethernet Bonding for our RHEL 6.2 Servers. Bonding is working fine but few confusion for me when I configured MRTG to monitor the bonded interface.
MRTG is showing MaxSpeed of the ...
0
votes
1answer
23 views
Postfix: 554 5.7.1 Relay Access Denied
My Problem is this: I can send E-Mails from my E-Mail (evolutio@lars-dev.de) to my other Emails like @gmail @web @gmx ...
But when I try to send a E-Mail from GMail to evolutio@lars-dev.de I have the ...
0
votes
2answers
34 views
TAB autocomplete on sudo sh
When I say sudo sh, TAB stops working as autocomplete signal on my Debian.
How can I enable TAB key autocomplete after I say sudo sh ?
-2
votes
0answers
18 views
How can we start the process manually without using scripts..? is there any command to strart process in a server..? [closed]
is there any steps we need to follow for starting the (application or Topgear)servers. for killing the process we have kill command and for starting the process..
can any one explain this
1
vote
0answers
7 views
pdsh command failed with connection refused
I'm able to remote login the target host with ssh. But when I execute a command through pdsh, it fails with connection refused. Both systems are sles11.
I found a description of the error on this ...
0
votes
1answer
24 views
How can I use the tmpfs to accelerate my chrome browser start up?
Every time when I am trying to start the chrome browser, it is a little bit slow because the chrome need to load the cache and that may cause a big amount of disk IO.
My distribution is Debian ...
1
vote
1answer
30 views
Redhat find process memory usage [duplicate]
When I cat /proc/meminfo I see:
MemTotal: 1048576 kB
MemFree: 11136 kB
Buffers: 0 kB
Cached: 0 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 0 kB
Inactive: ...
1
vote
1answer
44 views
Linux newbie: How do I use Jack? How does Linux sound work? [closed]
I am a Linux newbie. I know my way around the command-line enough to where it doesn't get in the way of my day job (I develop web applications in Python). This involves some piping, grep, awk, and ...
3
votes
2answers
60 views
How do I find out where the contents of a package are installed?
I ran into this bug, where Cantor can't find the sage backend if both are installed through the ubuntu package system. I can get around this bug if I know the path to the sage executable, but even ...
