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What is the difference between a symlink and binding with fstab?

mar 26 '12 at 20:40 njsg 2,970

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What user should apache and PHP be running as? What permissions should /var/www files have?

linux security users apache php

feb 4 '12 at 23:41 AD7six 344

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Can I change the default mail recipient on cron jobs?

linux configuration cron

dec 16 '11 at 16:46 Sachin Divekar 1,713

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How can I copy all users .bash_history files into my home directory?

bash command-line scripting

dec 10 '11 at 2:14 Gilles 139k

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How do I enable locate and queue the database to be built?

command-line files cron locate

dec 6 '11 at 17:49 enzotib 12k

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Why does Ubuntu recommend download the 32-bit version?

linux ubuntu install 64bit 32bit

nov 20 '11 at 1:17 Gilles 139k

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How can I pipe input from one SSH session to another? Using fifo?

terminal logs pipe

nov 11 '11 at 23:53 Gilles 139k

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How to exclude numeric directories with rsync?

rsync wildcards

oct 5 '11 at 23:49 Gilles 139k

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Can I read and write to the same file in Linux without overwriting it? [duplicate]

bash shell stdout stdin

apr 11 '12 at 20:13 Shawn J. Goff 12.9k

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How should I start X after ssh'ing into a remote box?

linux ssh x11 clipboard

mar 29 '12 at 21:08 Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 11.5k

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How can I update to a newer version of Git using apt-get?

linux ubuntu apt upgrade git

mar 7 '12 at 10:27 Marco 4,576

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What do mkfs.xfs and modprobe do when mounting an Amazon EBS instance?

ubuntu amazon-ec2 modprobe

feb 10 '12 at 6:36 Mat 16.1k

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How can I keep track of what's using the most CPU?

linux cpu top nagios

jan 13 '12 at 20:52 Nils 5,732

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Can I share a folder inside my home directory with another user?

permissions directory group

dec 22 '11 at 1:14 Gilles 139k

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How can I regenerate the default '/etc/' config files?

linux ubuntu configuration apt aptitude

dec 12 '11 at 4:17 Faheem Mitha 4,410

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What type of permissions should a user's home directory and files have?

linux permissions security users home

may 21 at 19:31 cwd 2,150

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Does curl have a --no-check-certificate option like wget?

wget curl

jan 9 at 14:24 Freiheit 216

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How can I force LXDE to have a transparent background when connecting with X/X11?

x11 osx vnc lxde xforwarding

dec 7 at 10:45 sgtpep 36

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How can I find matches with sed (or similar) for configuration parameters?

bash shell scripting sed regular-expression

nov 27 at 21:11 Stephane Chazelas 29.6k

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Why is apache2 showing up a defunct in the process list?

process apache ps top

nov 20 at 15:20 jw013 15.8k

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How can I update certificates on my system to fix wget's error: “Unable to establish SSL connection.”?

wget curl ssl https certificates

sep 25 at 16:25 Renan 8,336

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Is there a clipboard on non-GUI Ubuntu / Linux systems? Can I synchronize it with my local (OS X) clipboard?

linux ssh xterm clipboard xforwarding

sep 17 at 19:36 spazm 111

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Should I run fsck on boot for an amazon ec2 image?

boot startup fstab fsck amazon-ec2

aug 28 at 19:37 mrb 2,788

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How can I check what version of the VI editor I have?

vim solaris vi

aug 4 at 20:42 alanc 926

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Can I make SSMTP to automatically set the “To:” header?

linux ubuntu email ssmtp

jun 29 at 19:39 bahamat 9,720

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How can I trim the carriage return from text that is being piped in bash?

linux bash shell-script scripting echo

jun 8 '12 at 19:15 htor 3,170

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How can I unset non standard vim options?

vim

may 9 '12 at 3:42 Patrick 5,801

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Can I use tail with a file both as input and destination?

logs tail stdout

feb 28 '12 at 18:33 Owen Blacker 145

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How can I manage jobs after I disconnect from my tty/ssh session?

linux ubuntu process process-management jobs

jan 22 '12 at 7:59 Kyle Jones 4,859

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How should I set up additional EBS storage on an Amazon EC2 instance?

linux ubuntu server storage amazon-ec2

dec 26 '11 at 12:18 Eric Hammond 151

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