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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hey guys,
Suppose i run passwd via bash shell. It is a suid program, which temporarily runs as root(owner) and modifies the user entries.
However, when i write a C file and give 4755 permission and root ownership to the 'a.out' file , it doesn't run as root in bash shell. I verified this by... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: syncmaster
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2. Programming
I have several programs in several directories and want to use make to build the executables. What I have done is to put the main programs in their own directory together with a makefile to build the program. Then I am thinking of having another makefile residing in the directory above so I can run... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kristinu
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3. OS X (Apple)
I just upgraded to Snow Leopard and some of my programs no longer work.
I need a good DVD ripper/encoder. I was using Handbrake and Mac the Ripper but they no longer work on my MAC. They also don't have a newer viersion that works with my OS.
Can someone help by giving me a suggestion? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: bitlord
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Are the programs written on schedulers ,thread library , process management, memory management, et al called systems programs ? How are they different from the programs that implement functions like open() , printf() , scanf() , read() .. they have a prefix sys_open, sys_close, sys_read etc , right... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vishwamitra
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5. Solaris
Hi all,
I am trying to execute cgi scripts on solaris, but everytime i get a internal server error...
The syntax of my .cgi script is correct as ive checked..
Steps i followed
1.started apache
2.The UNIX and Linux Forums - Learn UNIX and Linux from Experts (in opera)
3.places my cgi scripts... (7 Replies)
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6. Solaris
Hi guys
i have posted a thread months ago and a guy called dukenuke or smething like that told me that i have to install Sun Studio if i want to be able to compile programs. I have installed Sun Studio 12 and put it in my PATH but no success compiling anything. when i download some source (tar.gz)... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: saveka
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I have a simple question. How do make it so i can lauch a program from the shell. For instance I want to install firefox 2 and I wanna launch it with ff2 in the terminal, so i tried this to my .bashrc file:
alias ff2='/path/./firefox'
and its not working as I would hope. anywho,... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: SeamusHC
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
how to write pipe for finding out the login names and login time of the users whose login name begins with p. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: rameshparsa
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9. Linux
I have installed Red Hat Linux 9.0 recently on my computer.
Im wondering if there are any good sites for downloading linux programs besides the site of Red Hat.
Thank you in advance!:D (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: SolidSnake
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I notice that (Mandrake) Linux and Windows do not seem to operate alike in terms of installing third party software.
Windows, on one hand, creates icons and adds items to the Start Menu, with the help of the InstallShield--or equivalent, of course, but Linux, on the other hand, seems to care... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: helvetica
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