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Why does argv include the program name?

answered Oct 12, 2016 at 6:04

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Difference between 'sync' and 'async' mount options

answered Jul 25, 2014 at 20:49

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What is the difference between user and service account?

answered Oct 6, 2016 at 12:59

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What's the difference between /tmp and /run?

answered Oct 13, 2016 at 12:01

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How to exit a shell script if one part of it fails?

answered Sep 12, 2016 at 9:34

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cat /dev/null emptied my log file but size did not change

answered Jul 28, 2014 at 21:46

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How can I view IPv6 router advertisements that are being received by my computer for diagnostic purposes?

answered Sep 27, 2016 at 6:56

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Why write an entire bash script in functions?

answered Sep 30, 2016 at 7:28

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What relationships tie ACL mask and standard group permission on a file?

answered Jul 30, 2014 at 21:05

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Why does mknod require root privileges?

answered Jan 18, 2016 at 15:16

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Source vs . why different behaviour?

answered Sep 14, 2016 at 10:24

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What is advisory locking on files that Unix systems typically employs?

answered Jul 30, 2014 at 10:11

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Relation between the filename and inode of a file

answered Jul 30, 2014 at 21:59

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Portability of file descriptor links

answered Apr 7, 2014 at 18:48

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Is accepting RELATED,ESTABLISHED for all sources in iptables considered "too open"?

answered Nov 16, 2016 at 7:56

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How to give permissions to read write but not delete the file

answered Sep 7, 2016 at 11:10

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How to kill a task that cannot be killed (uninterruptable?)

answered Jul 9, 2015 at 22:59

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What is the difference between a hard link and a file?

answered Feb 21, 2017 at 13:34

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Howto prevent chgrp from clearing “setuid bit”?

answered Sep 30, 2016 at 12:49

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How to find total filesize grouped by extension

answered Sep 9, 2016 at 10:54

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How does the OS know that a command needs sudo?

answered Jul 28, 2014 at 21:14

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How can I cleanly add to $PATH?

answered Apr 12, 2014 at 20:29

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Link value is 2 by default for folders

answered Sep 3, 2014 at 9:04

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How to grant a user rights to change ownership of files/directories in a directory

answered Oct 24, 2016 at 20:52

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Is reparenting from the shell possible?

answered Aug 27, 2014 at 20:51

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chown as non-root user

answered Jul 30, 2014 at 9:59

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Can I change permissions on a device with chmod?

answered Apr 7, 2014 at 21:36

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Feed all traffic through OpenVPN for a specific network namespace only

answered Aug 12, 2014 at 14:12

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Check file content looking for corruption, file size indicates size "zero"

answered Nov 15, 2016 at 18:50

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How to su to a daemon user?

answered Oct 13, 2016 at 21:58

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109 Answers

Why does argv include the program name?

Difference between 'sync' and 'async' mount options

What is the difference between user and service account?

What's the difference between /tmp and /run?

How to exit a shell script if one part of it fails?

cat /dev/null emptied my log file but size did not change

How can I view IPv6 router advertisements that are being received by my computer for diagnostic purposes?

Why write an entire bash script in functions?

What relationships tie ACL mask and standard group permission on a file?

Why does mknod require root privileges?

Source vs . why different behaviour?

What is advisory locking on files that Unix systems typically employs?

Relation between the filename and inode of a file

Portability of file descriptor links

Is accepting RELATED,ESTABLISHED for all sources in iptables considered "too open"?

How to give permissions to read write but not delete the file

How to kill a task that cannot be killed (uninterruptable?)

What is the difference between a hard link and a file?

Howto prevent chgrp from clearing “setuid bit”?

How to find total filesize grouped by extension

How does the OS know that a command needs sudo?

How can I cleanly add to $PATH?

Link value is 2 by default for folders

How to grant a user rights to change ownership of files/directories in a directory

Is reparenting from the shell possible?

chown as non-root user

Can I change permissions on a device with chmod?

Feed all traffic through OpenVPN for a specific network namespace only

Check file content looking for corruption, file size indicates size "zero"

How to su to a daemon user?