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I'm currently working on a Debian package for an in-house program. As part of this package, I need to create the user which most of the functionality of the program runs as. I am doing this in the postinst script. The postinst script can be run several...
Started by Daniel Watkins on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Adduser(8)....
You do not need to know whether the user exists or not .
Try:
[aiden@dev ~]$ id aiden uid=500(aiden) gid=500(aiden) groups=500(aiden) [aiden@dev ~]$ id foomonkey id: foomonkey: No such user [aiden@dev ~]$
The first $? is 0, the second is 1 .
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Hi people,
Do you have some recommendations on setting up a MANET using Debian based OS? I read some documentation after some web digging and I found that a basic setup would be creating an ad-hoc wireless network and some routing algorithms (implementation...
Started by Humber on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
You also need to look at 802.11s mesh mode and OSPF-MDR from here: http://www.manet-routing.org/
The Boeing Quagga patches are perhaps the easiest to use and most flexible system, since you can route both IPv4 and IPv6, and extend OSPF to non-wireless... .
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Are you a beginner, an expert, a user with an intermediate knowledge or a proficient user of Debian GNU/Linux?
In your replies, please comment on anything you consider relevant such as what you are trying to learn at the present time and any other observations...
Started by kedaha on
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by 12 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at debian):
I can handle unstable/....
I am familiar with dpkg, apt-source, dpkg-buildflags, and all the debian specific runlevel and /etc/ stuff.
To counter this, I'm loosely preparing.
There are several GNU/Linux topics that are obscure to me.
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What is the best general GNU/Linux book? I've been occasionally using Linux for a few years, but I could still benefit from a good complete manual that isn't tied too closely to a specific distribution. Is there one that stands above the rest? I am fine...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
I found it much more enlightening....
You may want to give a try to Linux From Scratch:
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
It's a step-by-step tutorial on how to build your own linux system from source packages.
Beginning Linux Programming .
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I'm on a nostalgia trip right now and would love to be able to revive the "After Dark" screensaver on my Debian GNU/Linux system. Does anyone know if someone has already made a tribute to this (as it was originally copywritten for Mac, later, Windows)...
Started by /tmp on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at debian):
Should be managed independently of any installed OS.
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Do you know when Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux will be compatible with the new stable version of Debian (Squeeze)?
Thank you for your help.
Started by kvk on
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I chose a gcc 4.6.2. I downloaded gcc-4.6.2.tar.bz2 from here ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-4.4.6/ and made the following steps:
Code: stallone@stallone-desktop:~$mkdir build-gcc stallone@stallone-desktop:~$cd build-gcc/ stallone@stallone-desktop:~/build...
Started by Derek stallone on
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I have my own email server, running in a VM under Xen. I want to setup another Xen VM with a web mail system, to let my users access their mail from a web browser.
I want to use Debian Stable, which right now is Debian 5.0 Lenny, for the VM. I also want...
Started by steveha on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
For Debain 4 ( http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/debian-4-0-etch-en/install-horde-groupware-webmail-edition.
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On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:30:11 +0200, Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au
Just a general off topic query.
I was recently informed that my signature had a problem rendering correctly on
someone's mailer - deliniter incorrect - and was told that my...
Started by Charlie on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
........Henry David Thoreau
Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic, so maybe the correct designation should be (in my case)
"GNU/Linux Xorg/Xfce"?
Debian is working of the distribution....
Payment for it.
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Hello, I'm trying to install 'flex'. I don't have a previous version of flex installed. I'm running a stripped down version of linux, so I don't have apt-get or yum. To install I untarred the flex package (flex-2.5.33.tar.gz) and ran ./configure (which...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
If you are going to be doing any other development on this machine with gnu.
In your environment.
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