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5:20 AM

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The ./ command is used to run executable files as .deb or .AppImage ones. Is there a equivalent command to this? I mean something as bash -i

karel

7:26 AM

I need one close vote from a reviewer to close this question for the correct reason which is it's off topic (Java programming, NullPointerException error).

Rinzwind

7:42 AM

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Q: How to make Ctrl+C or Ctrl+V work in ubuntu terminal

I understand that Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V are the shortcuts for copy and paste in ubuntu terminal. But I tried to update the same to Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V under terminal>>Edit>>Preferences>>Shotcuts in the left pane. After doing this, my shortcuts neither worked for Ctrl+Shift+C or Ctrl+C. The ...

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is that enough links? >:-D

blade19899

8:47 AM

@Rinzwind I think one more would do the trick!

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9:27 AM

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Q: What is the old_root concept in pivot_root?

From man 2 pivot_root pivot_root() moves the root file system of the current process to the directory _put_old_ and makes _new_root_ the new root file system of the current process. int pivot_root(const char *new_root, const char *put_old); While reading this I got following doubts...

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9:48 AM

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Q: Can't ping default gateway on ubuntu 18.0

I can't ping my default gateway on ubuntu 18.04. Below are the output of my settings: ifconfig enp12s0: flags=4163 mtu 1500 inet 172.30.149.90 netmask 255.255.255.240 broadcast 172.30.149.95 ether f0:1f:af:3e:73:a3 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 2005 bytes 1...

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Rinzwind

10:24 AM

pythonclock.org

19 Days 12 Hours 35 Minutes 35 Seconds

blade19899

10:34 AM

@Rin

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10:50 AM

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Q: Faulty usb device: how to disable to get rid of dmesg errors

I bought a second hand computer, which seems to have a faulty USB port (or something - I haven't encountered it). The only real annoyance is that my syslogs are spammed with the same messages: [2864513.931908] usb usb4-port2: cannot disable (err = -32) [2864518.003911] usb usb4-port2: Cannot ena...

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damadam

seriously, they made a website just for that xD

Rinzwind

11:14 AM

@damadam nerd will be nerds :=)

damadam

@Rinzwind probably some dev would cry because they were lazzy to upgrade to python3 :P

blade19899

1:29 PM

Can someone upvote this to oblivion: askubuntu.com/a/1195091/36315

disclaimer: my own answer - I just want the upvotes, because its a really GREAT answer

damadam

:D

nobody

@blade19899 is fishing :D

damadam

@blade19899 deserve upvotes, i agree

blade19899

@nobody 1) awesome username, 2) you god damn right I am. Proud if my anwer. I haven't made an Q/A here, in what feels like, years

THANK YOU

nobody

@blade19899 i was just kided.

blade19899

1:39 PM

I know

Am just playing myself

> 2017

Was my last post, damn that was actually years ago xD

nobody

pleas can anybody make codblocks askubuntu.com/questions/1195521/… here?

terdon

@blade19899 your answer doesn't seem to actually explain what cockpit is though.

Who would want this? What does it do? Why would I want it?

blade19899

@terdon Really? I thought it was pretty accurate

terdon

@blade19899 Where do you explain what it does? You have sections on installing it and removing it, but what is it?

blade19899

@terdon I could make a section with these questions and provide an answer for this

> The Cockpit Project is a Project started by Linux developers to provide a clean and crisp web interface for several Linux distros. There is no extra layer between Linux and Cockpit. Cockpit directly talks to the Linux components. Everything you are viewing in Cockpit, is a live view of the server.

terdon

1:44 PM

Web interface for what?

blade19899

> "... web interface for several Linux distros... "

terdon

Yes, what does that mean? An interface is a way of interacting with a program. What is the program? Are you saying I can use cockpit to run a bash shell?

Or is it a tool for server administration?

blade19899

tool for server administration

terdon

Ah

You might want to mention that then :)

blade19899

But, I understand the point you are trying to make here

:P

terdon

1:46 PM

I wasn't! I honestly had no idea what it was.

I wasn't trying to make a point.

blade19899

Ah

Well, nonetheless, thanks for your honest feedback

terdon

Also, why do you say this?

> A regular user should never have access to SSH, because you never know what they are going to execute and how they might break their servers and or the shared server.

Why should a regular user not have ssh? How else would a user connect?

blade19899

It's my own experience that whenever a user has SSH access(instead of SFTP/FTPS), the will have a better change of mucking op the server

SSH access is always dangerous to give out for regular users

terdon

But you must give ssh access if they're supposed to use the server. FTP is only when the only thing the suer should do is copy files.

So for webservers, there's no reason, but for everything else it is essential.

For example, every day, I ssh into my work's servers and work there. I couldn't work without ssh access.

SFTP access would be useless: I need to run things on the servers.

blade19899

@terdon The customers I am used to, they should be lucky that I'd give them SFTP/FTPS access

@terdon You are an experienced Linux user, the customers(atleast mine), are not

terdon

1:52 PM

@blade19899 Sure, but what I am saying is that you can't make such general statements. Unless your machine is only being used to provide a service, like a web server, ssh access is essential.

blade19899

@terdon Regular users(noobs), with little to no basic skills of Linux, won't need SSH, just sftp, to upload whatever project they want on

terdon

@blade19899 But no. Only if you have some sort of service. But there are thousands of Linux servers out there that are used as calculation machines and you need to ssh to them.

Sure, you don't give ssh access if all a user needs to do is copy files.

blade19899

Hmmm, makes sense, I wrote that line from my point of view and experiences

terdon

But ssh access is often essential. And then you just need to set it up so that the user only has access to their own directory and can only run specific commands.

blade19899

Will edit the answer later on with the improvements mentioned here

If you have more feedback, keep em coming! :D

terdon

1:55 PM

I do: cockpit does look cool! :)

Rinzwind

@blade19899 GUI is for n00bs :=)

There that's my feedback done :D

blade19899

@Rinzwind No arguments there. Perfect feedback. Love you.

LMFAO XD

blade19899

2:36 PM

Improved: askubuntu.com/a/1195091/36315

terdon

2:51 PM

Thanks, +1! :)

blade19899

Thanks for the +1 and most importantly: thanks for the feedback! They were really helpful!

blade19899

3:02 PM

Which Ubuntu Release (2010-2019) is Your Favourite? Vote Now! - OMG! Ubuntu!

Ubuntu 10.10, cuz it won me over.

nobody

ubuntu trusty my first ubuntu.

terdon

3:20 PM

Oh wow. I don't remember when I used Ubuntu. Sometime before 2010.

Hmm. Based on my oldest post on the forums, I must have started with Interpid (2008) or the one before that, I guess. I think I only used Ubuntu for a couple of years max.

Heh, I joined Ubuntu Forums in February 8th, 2007, so that was probably when I first tried Ubuntu.

nobody

I use Debian for over 20 years. I was installing ubuntu because I get a supporter in an other community. Somehow

terdon

I seem to recall edgy. 6.10

@nobody I've been through so many, it's hard to keep track. Mandrake (known as Mandriva today) -> SuSe -> openSuse when that came out -> Ubuntu -> Mint -> LMDE ->Arch. With a detour of RedHat -> Fedora at work.

nobody

@terdon let me think Knoppix --> open suse --> aurox (based on fedora) and then I switch to debian.

Rinzwind

@blade19899 6.06. Drakes are awesome

Kulfy

5:22 PM

Hey @terdon!!! Today I was looking your profile (not sure why) and found that the upvotes on your post on 2016 election results and resignation are equal. Interesting.