Setting up an proFTPd server so i can upload files to my webserver. But never tried this before, ive installed proftpd, added a user with a home folder: "/home/FTP-shared" And added /bin/false shell to it as well.. But what do i do configuration wise now in proftp to be able to login with this u...

When installing software in $HOME, how do the linux filesystem hierarchy directories map to subdirectories of $HOME? I am asking this question so that I can write a build system that picks reasonable default paths for a user install. The build system infrastructure is Haskell-specific (Cabal) b...

In Unix/Linux you can use pipes to write output and error streams to a file. One can even write them to the same file. Is there a way to write both to the file but maintaining the order. This statement: swipl -s jobshop.chr < CHRInput > output 2> output indeed produces a file called "...

In my CentOS 6.2 server, I have the following configuration for networking: It isn't installed NetworkManager service on eth0 I have a DHCP configuration on eth0:1 alias interface I have a static IP, lets say 10.10.10.10 When I have connected my server to internet and boot up, both interfaces...

I have a huge SVN repository where several developers make ~100 commits per day. The repository has a size of almost 4GB and each update requires me to wait for 30-60seconds. However, I do not do development in this repository and only need access to some files scattered across the directories o...

" Get running OS let os = "" if has("win32") let os="win" else if has("unix") let s:uname = system("uname") if s:uname == "Darwin" let os="mac" else let os="unix" endif endif endif " Brackets expanding let preBracket="`" if os=="mac" let preBracket="$" endif ...

How can I configure emacs to generate some code skeleton? For instance, for C files: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main (int argc, char **argv) { return EXIT_SUCCESS; } or something more dynamic in Python: #!<insert result of `which python` here> def ma...

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 (fully up-to-date) and have also installed gnome-shell. Everything seems fine except when I press ctrl+alt+up/down, only 1 monitor switches desktops, the second monitor doesn't. Also, when I click activities, on the desktop bar on the right, it only shows the left ...

There is no taskbar in e17 and it is not comfortable to check and switch between open windows. While ibar module provides some limited functionality it shows only minimized windows. There was itask module, but it is discontinued as it seems. Is there any other way to set up a taskbar in e17?

i have no speakers in my PC(Cent-OS 5.5) but there is a stereo speaker connected to the computer next to my Computer(Cent-OS 5.5). Both computers are networked. Is there any way to pipe my system sounds to that computer speaker ?

Is there a lightweight, fast browser (for old hardware) for linux which has the following features: supports tags for bookmarks and has a tag search function supports (possibly via plugins) most modern web media (e.g. youtube videos ...) has an ad-blocker (like adblock plus in firefox) incremen...

I want to find filetypes, that are executable from the kernel's point of view. So as far as I know all the executable files on Linux are ELF files. Thus I tried the following: find * | file | grep ELF But that won't work, do you guys have other ideas?

Has anyone tried to use (either install to HD or LiveUSB) Damn Small Linux on the Asus EEE PC 901 netbook? If so, does it work well? Does it have any problem with the WiFi connection?. I ask because the Asus EEE PC 901 netbook has SSD drives and I do not know if the DSL has support for such dis...

I need to install MySQL 5.5 from source in Ubuntu 10.04. So I'm trying to find tar.gz source from here. But when choosing "Linux Generic" from the drop down menu, it is showing an RPM extension I wonder why? Can we install from source using RPM package in Ubuntu now? It's like a joke but this ...

Is there a tool that monitors a certain directory and if a program tries to access a file in that directory, the program loads that file from another place transparent for any application that tries to load that file? The background is that I have a local development enviroment for a large serve...

I have XAMPP installed and my PHP is: /opt/lampp/bin/php-5.3.8 Every time I need to execute a PHP file I need to do this: /opt/lampp/bin/php-5.3.8 testando.php Is there another way to execute it besides using symbolic link? I did this on /etc/init.d/: sudo ln -s /opt/lampp/bin/php-5.3.8 php...

I went through examples and man page but couldn't figure out difference between signalfd and sigwaitinfo Apart from syntax both are doing same thing i.e. waiting for signal storing it details into some structure. in man page it is written. This provides an alternative to the use of a signal han...

I'm following the Douglas Crockford's code convention, but I can't get the correct identation in JS mode in Emacs. I tried to customize the mode, try another mode like js3 but nothing seems to work. When I have parenthesis and I have to break the expression, Emacs does this: this.offices.each(t...

I have cmap w!! %!sudo tee > /dev/null % in my .vimrc. When I type a w while writing in the vim command line (after :), the cursor stays over the w for a few seconds before moving right. This sometimes breaks my train of thought and confuses me for a few seconds. Is there a way to make th...

In vim, if you are in block insert mode (Ctrl-V, Shift-I) and exit using Ctrl-C (instead of Esc), it cancels the block edit (and only edits the first row). Why is this? In almost all other contexts, Ctrl-C and Esc are synonymous. (And ideally there's a way to fix this -- I've now gotten used to...

I have a Angstrom linux device as an access point, running hostapd, dhcpd, works fine. Can I get a list of devices connected to the wifi? I know I can get the DHCP leases, but I need to know which devices connect through wlan0. I've tried this: iwlist has options: iwlist wlan0 ap iwlist ...

Installed Mint 13, 64-bit, Cinnamon. Have Canon ImageClass MF4150. Retrieved and installed drivers. Added printer and tried to print test page. Message said printing, then printing completed. However, nothing printed. I use the following commands to install drivers: dpkg -i cndrvcups-comm...

I have set /etc/hostname.msk0 to inet 192.168.1.102 255.255.255.0 NONE and /etc/mygate to 192.168.1.1 but still can't ping the router (192.168.1.1) do I need to configure dns to ping ?

I have installed Arch and am having problems with the auto login options within slim.conf. I have installed the following X packages: xorg-server, xorg-xinit xorg-twm, xterm and for the graphics: xf86-video-fbdev I have also added a user and password, and altered the sudoers file to suit. I hav...

I'm suffering from a kernel bug in a production environment. The problem isn't causing a complete outage, but it's degrading service. These are soft lockups. I'd like to try a newer kernel, however Squeeze only has 2.6.32.5, but kernel.org has 2.6.32.59. I've compiled from source in the pas...

Are there any standards for aliasing sudo /etc/init.d/? I'm sure many people have considered cutting down these 17 characters to just 2 or so.

Using Emacs on a Linux system I click: Scala>Browser Scala API which produces a terminal window with this message: /usr/bin/xterm: Can't execvp lynx: No such file or directory How do I inform Emacs that the correct web browser to use is Chrome?

Please provide me with a rule using iptables string match To block http://domain.com:8888 and https://domain.com:8888 when it matches the supplied string in the rule. And another rule to allow access if it only matches the same string.