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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat useradd w/o write permission on /etc/passwd Post 302593097 by Corona688 on Wednesday 25th of January 2012 03:14:55 PM
Old 01-25-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by arran
i want to know why you want to take w permission from root?? root is your supper user and you will take back permission from root then which superuser can add user???
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
root gets to break the rules.
As long as it's not asking for something physically impossible, root can do it.
Code:
# as root
$ touch /tmp/asdf
$ chmod 000 /tmp/asdf
$ echo asdf > /tmp/asdf
$ cat /tmp/asdf
asdf
$ ls -l /tmp/asdf
---------- 1 root root 5 Jan 25 14:16 /tmp/asdf
$

 

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hime-setup

HIME-SETUP(1)						    hime input method platform						     HIME-SETUP(1)

NAME

       hime-setup - configuration tools of hime

SYNOPSIS

       hime-setup

DESCRIPTION

       hime-setup  is  the  default  configuration tool of hime. Another configuring method is writing conffiles in $HOME/.config/hime/config. See
       CONFFILES section for further information.

CONFFILES

       Those conffiles below will be created automatically by hime-setup, except hime-bell-volume and hime-sound-play-overlap.

       If you want to write conffiles by yourself, please make sure you have the config directory:

	       mkdir -p $HOME/.config/hime/config

       After that, you may try:

	       echo zo > $HOME/.config/hime/config/phonetic-keyboard

       Thus you make a phonetic-keyboard file with its content zo, which means you select the standard style with 1234 selection method.

       All available conffiles are listed, and default options are showed bold.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/default-input-method number
	      Default input method when hime is called.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   Chanjei input method, version 3
       2	   Chanjei input method, version 5
       3	   Bopomofo input method
       4	   Symbols virtual keyboard
       5	   Pinyin input method
       6	   Tsin intelligent Bopomofo input method
       7	   Dayi input method
       8	   Array input method, 30 keys version
       9	   Boshiamy input method, aka Liu's input method
       10	   Direct input for UTF-32 (U+) or Big-5 characters
       11	   Simple Chanjei input method
       12	   Japanese anthy input method
       13	   Greek letters input method
       14	   Latin letters input method
       15	   Jyutping input method

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-bell-volume number
	      Volume of bell ring, between -100 to 100. Default is -97.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-capslock-lower boolean
	      Input lower-case letters when Caps Lock key is ON.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-eng-phrase-enabled boolean
	      Enable Alt-Shift phrases in alphabet-numeric mode.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-font-name string
	      Default font.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       sans	   Sans-serif
       serif	   Serif

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-font-size number
	      Font size of character-selection area. Default is 16.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-font-size-gtab-in number
	      Font size of key codes input area in gtab input methods (Chanjei IM, Array IM, etc.). Default is 10.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-font-size-pho-near number
	      Font size of similar-phonetic character selection in Tsin IM. Default is 14.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-font-size-symbol number
	      Font size of symbol-selection window. Default is 12.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-font-size-tsin-pho-in number
	      Font size of phonetic input area in Bopomofo and Tsin IM. Default is 10.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-font-size-tsin-presel number
	      Font size of phrase pre-selection window in Tsin IM. Default is 16.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-im-toggle-keys number
	      Toggle Key for IM window ON/OFF.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       0	   Control-Space
       1	   Shift-Space
       2	   Alt-Space
       3	   Windows-Space

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-init-im-enabled boolean
	      Enable input method mode without pressing toggle keys. This option is not available in XIM mode.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-inner-frame boolean
	      Show frame border in hime window.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-input-style number
	      Window style of hime.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   OverTheSpot (Follow the cursor)
       2	   Root (Fixed index window)

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-pop-up-win boolean
	      Dynamic pop up window.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-remote-client boolean
	      Use hime in remote applications.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-root-x number
	      Window position in X-axis when window style is Root (Fixed index window). Default is 1600.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-root-y number
	      Window position in Y-axis when window style is Root (Fixed index window). Default is 1200.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-sel-key-color hex
	      Color of selection Key.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       #FF0000	   Red
       #00FF00	   Green
       #0000FF	   Blue
       #FFFF00	   Yellow
       #FF00FF	   Magenta
       #00FFFF	   Cyan

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-shift-space-eng-full boolean
	      Toggle to double-wide English character mode with Shift-Space.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-sound-play-overlap boolean
	      Play all sound when text-to-speech is enabled.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-status-tray boolean
	      Show hime status in system tray.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-win-color-bg hex
	      Background color of hime window. Default is #005BFF.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-win-color-fg hex
	      Foreground color of hime window.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       #FF0000	   Red
       #00FF00	   Green
       #0000FF	   Blue
       #FFFF00	   Yellow
       #FF00FF	   Magenta
       #FFFFFF	   White

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-win-color-use boolean
	      Customized colors in hime window.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/hime-win-sym-click-close boolean
	      Close symbol-selection window after choosing a symbol.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-auto-select-by_phrase number
	      Auto-select according to Tsin phrase database in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       0	   Auto-selected by definition in .gtab file.
       1	   ON
       2	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-disp-im-name boolean
	      Display input method name in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-disp-key-codes boolean
	      Show all possible key codes of character in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-disp-partial-match number
	      Display partial matched characters in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       0	   Auto-selected by definition in .gtab file.
       1	   ON
       2	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-dup-select-bell boolean
	      Bell ring when multiple selections are available in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-hide-row2 boolean
	      Hide second row of window in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-in-row1 boolean
	      Show key codes in first row of window in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-invalid-key-in boolean
	      Clear key codes input area when invalid key and Space key are pressed.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-pho-query boolean
	      Use ` to query same pronunciation characters. For gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-phrase-pre-select boolean
	      Show candidate phrases before pressing endkey (Space key). For gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-pre-select number
	      Show candidate characters before pressing endkey (Space key). For gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       0	   Auto-selected by definition in .gtab file.
       1	   ON
       2	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-press-full-auto-send number
	      Auto-send character when key codes input area is filled in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       0	   Auto-selected by definition in .gtab file.
       1	   ON
       2	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-que-wild-card boolean
	      Use ? as wildcard. For gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-que-wild-card-asterisk boolean
	      Use * as wildcard. For gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-shift-phrase-key boolean
	      Use single Shift key to input Alt-Shift phrases in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-space-auto-first number
	      Function of Space Key in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       0	   Auto-selected by definition in .gtab file.
       1	   Send first character in Boshiamy input method.
       2	   Send first character in character-selection area.
       4	   Does not send first character. (For Array input method.)

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-unique-auto-send number
	      Auto send characters when there is only one choice in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       0	   Auto-selected by definition in .gtab file.
       1	   ON
       2	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/gtab-vertical-select number
	      Vertical selection window in gtab input methods.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       0	   Auto-selected by definition in .gtab file.
       1	   ON
       2	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/pho-hide-row2 boolean
	      Hide second row of window in Bopomofo and Tsin IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/pho-in-row1 boolean
	      Show key codes in first row of window in Bopomofo IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/phonetic-char-dynamic-sequence boolean
	      Dynamic character sequence adjustment in Bopomofo and Tsin IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/phonetic-huge-tab boolean
	      Input all Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese characters provided by pho-huge.tab in Bopomofo and Tsin IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/phonetic-keyboard string
	      Key codes arrangement style in Bopomofo, Tsin, and Japanese anthy IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       zo	   Standard style with 1234 selection method
       zo-asdf	   Standard style with asdf selection method
       et	   Eten style with 1234 selection method
       et-asdf	   Eten style with asdf selection method
       et26	   Eten 26 keys style with 1234 selection method
       et26-asdf   Eten 26 keys style with asdf selection method
       hsu	   Mr. Hsu's style (Kuo-Yin IM, Natural Bopomofo IM)
       pinyin	   Phonetic Pinyin style with 1234 selection method
       pinyin-asdf Phonetic Pinyin style with asdf selection method
       dvorak	   Dvorak style
       ibm	   IBM style
       mitac	   Mitac style

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/phonetic-speak boolean
	      Enable text-to-speech. You have to install speech data for this feature.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/phonetic-speak-sel string
	      Speech data filename for text-to-speech.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/tsin-buffer-editing-mode boolean
	      VI-like editing mode in Tsin IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/tsin-buffer-size number
	      Size of buffer (editing area) in Tsin IM. Default is 40.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/tsin-chinese-english-toggle_key number
	      Toggle key for Chinese/English mode in Tsin IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   Caps Lock key
       2	   Tab key
       4	   Shift key (Not available in XIM mode).
       8	   Left Shift key (Not available in XIM mode).
       16	   Right Shift key (Not available in XIM mode).

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/tsin-cursor-color hex
	      Color of cursor in Tsin IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       #FF0000	   Red
       #00FF00	   Green
       #0000FF	   Blue
       #FFFF00	   Yellow
       #FF00FF	   Magenta
       #00FFFF	   Cyan

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/tsin-phrase-line-color hex
	      Color of phrase-underline in Tsin IM. Default is #0000FF.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/tsin-phrase-pre-select boolean
	      Show phrase pre-selection window in Tsin IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/tsin-space-opt number
	      Function of Space key in Tsin IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   Select other same phonetic characters.
       2	   Send space to buffer of Tsin IM.

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/tsin-tab-phrase-end boolean
	      Use Escape key or Tab key to stop phrase-auto-selection in Tsin IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/tsin-tail-select-key boolean
	      Show selection keys follows choices in Tsin IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

       $HOME/.config/hime/config/tsin-tone-char-input boolean
	      Input tone sympols of Bopomofo in Tsin IM.

       OPTIONS	   MEANINGS
       1	   ON
       0	   OFF

SEE ALSO

       hime(1)

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