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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)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Good morning,
First time poster. be gentle! :)
I do not know coding all that well but I can hack the hell out of example scripts! I just cant wrap my brain around this one.
Im trying to run two grep statements in the first IF statement and doing an AND between them. Something is going... (6 Replies)
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3. Programming
Any idea how I can run a program from a phyton script?
For example, in csh I will do
$tpath/tsimplex base=$fbase data=$fdata restore=$frestore \
nxp=$nx nzp=$nz param=$param intp=$intp nlay=$nlay \
varp=$varp sigma0=$sigma maxiter=$maxiter tol=$tol \
... (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to run a program called GMT using perl. Cannot make to run. I have tried using exec("date"); as a test but when I use exec($try); nothing happens.
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "$#ARGV\n";
if ($#ARGV != 3) {
print "usage: jcdplot.perl\n";
exit;
}
$h = $ARGV;... (1 Reply)
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5. 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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6. AIX
Hi,
I want to make changes to inittab file and reread it using "telinit q" to make changes effective immediately. Is it safe to do that while important apps are running ?
thanks
Vilius (1 Reply)
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello,
I would like to run gedit as root while logged into my regular user account. When I try to launch gedit from the command line as super user, I get this message:
Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Any suggestions or word arounds? It would make my life a lot simpler to edit files... (8 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
How To Find The Number Of Programs That A User Running ON A GIVEN TERMINAL (4 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hey folks, i'm a total newbie at linux (only installed it yesterday) so don't be mad at me for querying this. I downloaded firefox, and unpacked the library files and binaries into /usr/lib/firefox. Now, am I correct in thinking that to run it, I need to enter the 'sh /usr/lib/firefox' command into... (4 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Im using the knoppix version of linux, which is booting straight off the cd, and it shows my c drive (partiton) that has all my programs i have installed in my xp operating system. Im wondering if theres a way i can play my games like lotr return of the king, or jedi academy, in knoppox. it shows... (2 Replies)
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