Questions tagged [lock]
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Implementation details about pthread mutex and realtime semaphore with regard to signal safety
In the current standard, the sem_post is listed as an async-signal safe function; pthread mutex unlocking (and condition variable signalling) functions on the other hand are not. In my understanding:
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Linux pipe/redirect creates file with size `0`; then eventually writes all data to file; how to avoid
I'm having a hard time googling this, so please point to available duplicates (better phrasing of title).
I wonder, if I have a long running command redirect into a file, the file gets created ...
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Can a program tell whether I have a file open in an editor?
I have a file that I edit by hand (using emacs in a terminal window). I have a script that then reads the file, checks it for errors, and also modifies it by doing things like sorting lists in ...
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Lock a bash script based on parameter?
I'm trying to find a way to lock a script based on a parameter given, but was unsuccessful in finding a proper answer.
What I'm trying to achieve is prevent another user from running a script based on ...
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What would be the best approach to lock an application UI?
"Lock an application" meaning make it unresponsive to e. g. mouse and keyboard input. Imagine the whole application greyed out - that kind of effect (I'm only talking about the functionality,...
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How To enable/disable "Lock Screen" setting from Linux terminal?
Please, do NOT say how to lock screen, i know how to do it.
How To enable/disable Lock Screen service from terminal? Looks it's using xflock4 for locking screen.
I can enable or disable it in ...
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How to customize default linux/unix PAM module faillock to lock user in all nodes in a cluster
I have implemented faillock in all nodes in cluster, so If any user failed login attempts three time through ssh he will be locked for certain period.It is working fine on individual node but I wanted ...
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Interruptible/Pausable/Restartable file locks and descriptors on Linux?
I have this desired use case: unload then reload (a possibly different version of) a file system driver without having first to close processes that have open files on it.
To do this, I am imagining ...
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apt-get autoremove --purge -y seems to be stuck
I'm not entirely sure why this is happening, so it seemed wise to ask here before I interfere with it.
I'm attempting to install nasm, but I get the message:
Waiting for cache lock: Could not get lock ...
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Automatically lock my Linux computer when I walk away from it
I would like to lock my Linux (GNOME) machine after I walk away from it. Ideally, it should be a small Bluetooth tag / card that I carry in my pocket with a proximity sensor.
Is there some software ...
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libgnat-7 : Depends: gcc-7-base (= 7.5.0-6ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed
I'm trying to install libgnat-7 but I get the following errors when I call 'sudo apt install libgnat-7':
libgnat-7 : Depends: gcc-7-base (= 7.5.0-6ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed
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How do I make Linux Mint stop pestering me for passwords all the time?
I run Linux Mint in a VM.
Every single time I look at it, it has gone into some sort of "lock screen"-like state where it requires me to enter a password to get back. This is very annoying.
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Does locking in gnome allow background tasks like uplaoding to keep running?
I am uploading things in the back and want to lock the screen, but am not sure if the lock function in gnome locks the screen while allowing that to continue.
So far it seems that the computer is not ...
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Debug & analyze pthread_mutex_lock issues
I've being recently facing some hardcore issues with Mutex lock for Linux, notably MySQL, memcache & APCu.
Example:
SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1205 Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting ...
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System locking up upon shutting down
Today upon shutting down my System I was greeted with loads of errors and informations i do not understand. This happened yesterday also and it didn't seem to continue to shut down "normally"...
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Need utility to measure lock contention and thread Migration Rate
I Know it is trivial question but I searched several days for a utility to measure lock contention and thread migration rate but no luck.
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Code works in bash, not in zsh -- flock on arbitrary fd
Am new to shell scripting, and it makes me wonder why the following snippet does not work in zsh but does in bash? Is there a zsh equivalent of the same snippet? I get error parse error near `200'
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Watchdog message about CPU soft lockup in Fedora
I am running Fedora 34 KDE on my ASUS ZenBook Flip 14 with an Intel 11th Gen i7. It seems like every few minutes, I get this error message:
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 stuck for 22s! [swapper/7:...
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How to specify which display i3-lock starts showing the image on?
I sometimes use a monitor with my laptop. I use i3lock -t -i /path as my locking command and the image I use is of the resolution of my laptop screen. Running this with the monitor connected the puts ...
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laptop keyboard locks up after closing lid
I have a Dell Latitude 5500 and a Dell Latitude 7550. The 5500 has Debian 10 and KDE, and the 7550 has Ubuntu 20.04 with KDE. In both laptops, if I close the lid, when I open it later the built-in ...
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Arch linux: i3wm set lock time out (xss-lock i3lock)
I use arch with i3wm. I have enabled i3lock in my .config/i3/config:
exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock
Problem is my computer locks like every 10 minutes. How can I set ...
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xautolock configuration in Arch i3
After recently switching to i3 in Arch, I need something to manage power. xautolock seemed to be a good choice.
Unfortunately, I need it to do both systemctl suspend and i3lock at the same time, but ...
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Get the lock status of an account on Solaris
I do not have root privileges.
I wish to get the lock status of a given account say mwss
I'm on Sun Solaris
uname -a
SunOS myhost 5.11 11.4.27.82.1 sun4v sparc sun4v
Below is the output from shadow ...
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is there a really simple and reliable way to create a unique lock (file) on linux? without using `flock` [closed]
EDIT: I learned how to use flock for exclusive lock and how to not mess with it: https://superuser.com/questions/1619940/flock-is-randomly-failing-on-desktop-pc-but-not-on-notebook-could-be-defectiv/. ...
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Trying to use xautolock to suspend activity after a certain amount of time
I'm using manjaro (5.8.18-1-MANJARO) and the i3 window manager.
I'm trying to lock the screen then suspend activity after given amounts of idle time. I've found that xautolock should suit my needs ...
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Locking a file to (over)writing [closed]
I have a poorly designed build script that always overwrites files that it shouldn't; if I edit these files and then run the script, it overwrites their content and, thus, the build fails.
How can I &...
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Function Lock. can't disable
I'm using a Feker Machinist 01. On both Manjaro and Linux Mint (both running cinnamon), the function keys are "locked" to those silly laptop features like enabling/disabling wifi, adjusting ...
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What permission does the "lock" group in /etc/group grant?
I'm running Fedora.
$ ls -l /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw----. 1 root dialout 166, 0 Jul 4 10:50 /dev/ttyACM0
I was not able to access /dev/tty/ACM0 (dynamic usb serial with an Arduino on the other end), ...
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Handling of stale file locks in Linux and robust usage of flock
I have a script I execute via cron regularly (every few minutes). However the script should not run multiple times in parallel and it sometimes runs a bit longer, thus I wanted to implement some ...
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"sudo apt autoremove" command doesn't work ("/var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process")
I've tried solutions like editing on panasoniclpd.init file and it doesn't work
too. This problem keeps shown whenever I try to update or install from the CLI
sudo apt autoremove
[sudo] password for ...
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A VNC server is already running, but no lock file for that
Although there is no X11 lock on display 12, vncserver can not start that display number due to a "VNC server that is running on 12".
# rm /tmp/.X12-lock
rm: cannot remove ‘/tmp/.X12-lock’: No such ...
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Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?
(base) rusiru@rusiru-X556UV:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading packages lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package packettracer needs to be installed, but I ...
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How to install nfslock daemon
I want to learn the NFS locking mechanism I surfed on net. Using nfslockd or rpc.lockd we can do. But in Debian there is no package. Anyone please help me whether shall we do or not in Debian.
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zsh: locking failed for ~/.cache/zsh/zsh_history: file exists
I have a bind mount ~/.cache/zsh folder between multiple hosts with rw and defaults when doing mount.
When I start both machine and zsh trying to lock zsh_history, it gives error zsh: locking failed ...
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Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked after upgrade linux mint kernel
According to pervious question:
Halt in Linux mint logo after update and upgrade
After changing the GRUB file to:
linux /boot/.... ro quiet text
When I suspend the OS, I am going to loging page:
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file access blocked by a lock - how to remove?
I am trying to run the "check" function of backup program "restic" on one of the backup repositories it's created. No matter what I do, it crashes due to a fatal "already locked" problem. Here is the ...
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My SSD has unexpected inconsistencies showing up after some time of usage
I have Ubuntu installed on my Kingston SSD.
4.15.0-55-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 2 18:22:20 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
The system itself is quite smooth, but I have a major data ...
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Unable to wake up after locking screen
Just installed Xubuntu 19.04. When I try to lock my screen it does some weird and crashes. Screen turns off and I have to turn the system off manually. Tried xscreensaver and it works just fine, but I ...
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Lock file naming pattern
Whenever I open a LibreOffice document, LibreOffice creates a lock file along the original file. This file has a naming schema like the following:
.~lock.MyDocument.odt#
Is this a LibreOffice ...
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How does this script ensure that only one instance of itself is running?
On 19 Aug 2013, Randal L. Schwartz posted this shell script, which was intended to ensure, on Linux, "that only one instance of [the] script is running, without race conditions or having to clean up ...
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About `page_table_lock` in Linux process address space
I'm reading a tutorial about Linux page table, in the linked page
Each process has its own page tables (threads share them). The pgd field of the memory descriptor points to the process's page ...
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Lock Virtual Terminals when resuming
Many screen lockers (mine is i3lock) do not block access to other Virtual Terminals. This means that, if I leave a session opened in some VT, then even when the desktop is locked (for example when ...
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Does pid file work by assuming pid is not usable?
To use a pid file for ensuring singleton running instance of a program, I thought that when a process finishes running the program, it should remove the pid file, until I know it doesn't when reading ...
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Can we tell if a command is being run by a process or not, by looking at the flock lock file alone?
Is util-linux's flock implemented based on flock() in Linux C API?
Can we tell if a command is being run by a process or not, by looking at the lock file alone?
I found that when a command guarded by ...
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Is pseudo terminals ( unlockpt / TIOCSPTLCK ) a security feature?
After having opened the master part of a pseude-terminal
int fd_pseudo_term_master = open("/dev/ptmx",O_RDWR);
there is the file /dev/pts/[NUMBER] created, representing the slave part of he ...
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Why "a lock file is the best approach if the resource is not a regular file, so using methods for locking files does not apply"?
Thanks to Mark's comment, pointing me to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_locking#Lock_files which says
Shell scripts and other programs often use a strategy similar to the use of file locking: ...
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Allow DPMS to turn off screen with force when the screen is locked?
I discover that command xset dpms 300 which turn off the screen for example after 5 minutes (300s), and it wonderfully doesn't turn off the screen if a youtube video is actually playing even in a ...
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SELinux - How to avoid it preventing a process from write access on newly created files into folder
I'm hardly trying to correctly use selinux keeping it in enforced mode, but very often I encounter issues with it causing our application to work improperly.
Our web application is java backend and ...
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Where is official documentation about locking mechanisms for etckeeper, apt, and/or dpkg?
Context:
Want to put a lock on etckeeper/apt hook activity during special backup.
Objective is to preserve whole package integrity, e.g., wait until any package installation is complete, and then ...
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Getting Information about locks associated with a process
I am unable to list the locks associated with a process and information about the locks i.e How many threads share this lock etc.
Kindly tell my how to extract this information from a process ID.
My ...
