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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
I am really confused as to why a tool like fakechroot exists and what does it do.
Chroot is an ability only for root users, correct? Then a tool that allows to bypass that is clearly a security flaw, correct?
When and why would you need something like this?
Is there any relation between... (7 Replies)
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2. Homework & Coursework Questions
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
I'm able to create a group but when I'm trying to delete the group it keeps stating Group Doesn't Exist. I know... (2 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have this code in tcsh and would like to know whether the syntax below will work in csh.
if( "${%rsl}" == 0 ) then
echo "rsl is empty"
endif
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It does not seem so. Perhaps the best thing is to... (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I am making a program that needs to detect if the program name in parameter is a valid runable program.
But the line if ; then never seem to work.
Even if I run like:
./script cat "-u" cat "-u" inputfile
Thank you everyone.
#!/bin/bash
#
usage() { #print usage message and quit... (4 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I need to get the pid of a process and have to store the pid in a variable and i want to use this value(pid) of the variable for some process. Please can anyone tell me how to get the pid of a process and store it in a variable. please help me on this.
Thanks in advance,
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
somehow my user names and groups on one of our machines are changed to numbers 700, 701, etc.
thus, i can only ssh into this machine as root.
is there a way to migrate the user names and groups to this machine?
thanks! (3 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
In my project i have two process runs in the back end.
Once i start my project, and execute the command ps, i get below output:
PID TTY TIME CMD
9086 pts/1 0:00 ksh
9241 pts/1 0:02 java
9240 pts/1 0:00 shell_script_bg
java with 9241 PID is the main... (4 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
1. If I use an software application(which connects to the database in the server) in my local pc, how many PID should be registered? Would there be PID for the session and another PID for socket connection?
2. I noticed (through netstat) that when I logged in using the my software application,... (1 Reply)
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9. Programming
question: for the below program
i just printed the value for pid, child pid and parent pid
why does it give me 6 values? i assume ppid is 28086
but can't figure out why there are 5 values printed instead of just two!
can someone comment on that!
#include<stdio.h>
#define DIM 8
int... (3 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Is there a jumpstart equivalent tool in the linux environment? (1 Reply)
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