01-03-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by DCrystal
Hi !
I heard that root can modify the uname -command, so it will show the wrong kernel version.
Is it true? can you tell more about this /give links ?
system: linux/*bsd.
thanks in advance
Yes you can change this. you have to use setname.
quick introduction:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uname
Regards,
Johan Louwers.
http://www.terminalcult.org
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bti-shrink-urls
BTI-SHRINK-URLS(1) bti-shrink-urls BTI-SHRINK-URLS(1)
NAME
bti-shrink-urls - convert URLs to a shorter form using a web service
SYNOPSIS
bti [--escaped] [--help] [URL]
DESCRIPTION
bti-shrink-urls converts URLs to a shorter form using a web service.
Currently http://2tu.us/ (default) and http://bit.ly / http://j.mp are supported.
OPTIONS
--escaped
Don't escape special characters in the URL any more, they are already percent encoded.
--help
Print help text.
URL
Specify the URL to be converted. If no URL is given bti-shrink-urls waits for input on stdin.
CONFIGURATION
bti-shrink-urls is configured by setting some values in ~/.bti:
shrink_host
Possible values: 2tu.us (default), bit.ly, j.mp
shrink_bitly_login
API login for bit.ly, j.mp, required if shrink_host is set to bit.ly or j.mp. See
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shrink_bitly_key
API key for bit.ly, j.mp, required if shrink_host is set to bit.ly or j.mp. See
https://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation
AUTHOR
Written by Bart Trojanowski bart@jukie.net.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2009 Bart Trojanowski bart@jukie.net.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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