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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)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have installed a program and put the stuff on
/usr/local/
However when I run a script it gives an error
GMT Fatal Error: /home/chrisd/Dimech/GMT4.5.2/share/PS_font_info.d: No such file or directory (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kristinu
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have installed a software called GMT, then writing a script that call the new programs
./example02.sh
but I am getting
./example02.sh: line 20: gmtset: command not found
I have done
./configure
make
make install (0 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
How can you check the programs that you use most often? (6 Replies)
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6. 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)
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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. Solaris
Greetings,
I have installed the Solaris 10 in my computer, this system is really interesting, and where I can find more free programs for download to install? Anyone knows? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: FBorges22
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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)
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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)
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