The Microsoft Interix Unix subsystem (now retired) for its NT kernel dealt a little differently with user and group permissions than some others do: User and group information is stored in the Security Access database. Both users and groups are stored in the same database, but group and user ...

The upgrade can be run while the program runs, but the running program you see is actually the old version of it. The old binary remains on the disk until you close the program. Explanation: on Linux systems, a file is just an inode, which can have several links to it. Eg. the /bin/bash you see ...

I have a Lenovo G580 on which I installed Windows 8 and several Linux distros which have messed with my booting. The last I used was boot-repair tool. I have an EFI partition on sda2. The Grub load and I can boot to windows or Linux Mint or Mageia. It seems now I cannot access UEFI by my regular...

Basically when reviewing a low quality post, if I choose to edit the item, I cannot move the cursor by clicking in the textarea. The keyboard is working fine, but any mouse interaction appears to be disabled. The issue only appears if you review one item first, then the next item is loaded in. E...

For example if I want to create a file and enter text in one line I can redirect the output into a file with the use of the > operator: echo "something" > /path/foobar but if I don't have access to the folder /path/ and need sudo priviledges, How can I achieve this same command as a normal use...

For example if I want to create a file and enter text in one line I can redirect the output into a file with the use of the > operator: echo "something" > /path/foobar but if I don't have access to the folder /path/ and need sudo priviledges, How can I achieve this same command as a normal use...