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Hi, Does exist a way to find out which software has been installed in a server, and the services associated with this software ? My company bought a server with Linux Red Hat 7.6 and a software...

I'm not really sure if I should post this here as it's more of a Samba question than an OpenSUSE question but I'm stuck and don't know what to try next. I had a fully working home file server...

Published at LXer: Banner grabbing is a common reconnaissance technique used in penetration testing. Let's take a look at some tools used to perform banner grabbing and how to launch your first...

Getting emails in Inbox but cannot send. Get 'Server connection disconnected' or close to that. Looked at settings. NO Local Folder and NO Outbound Server to click on. This is for Windows...

Published at LXer: The easiest way to get Linux system hardware information. Read More... (https://www.2daygeek.com/inxi-command-check-linux-system-hardware-information/)

Hi! Hope Zenwalk isn't dead, still like it a lot. Decided to install last edition of Zenwalk 8 on a VM on KVM (I run Fedora Worstation for work), and after updating I was greeted with the...

Calling back to a suggestion made a few years ago: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/lq-suggestions-and-feedback-7/removal-of-troll-hate-posts-4175629016/ ...which I feel is still valid....

Published at LXer: The Debian Project announced today on Twitter that the latest Debian GNU/Linux 10 “Buster” operating system series is now officially available in the AWS Marketplace. Read...

Hi, As some of you may know, I am the founder, maintainer and systems administrator for the Slackware UK mirror and hosting service specifically targeted at the Slackware Linux community. I am...

Published at LXer: How to use the ca-certificates package to manage Certificate Authority certificates for command-line utilities. Read More......

I want to improve my programming so I want to start open source coding. I have no experience with github and the git workflow. I understand python and java to some degree. I've looked at some...

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In MacOS, the utility 'open' will detect the relevant program with which to open the target: default text editor, image viewer etc. Does there exist such a thing in Linux where the user can specify...

hello I have a problem with connman: It doesn't change resolv.conf. Actually everything work if I set iptables with ACCETP on lo traffic INPUT and OUTPUT. If I edit resolv.conf with editor connman...

Published at LXer: How to add moving averages to a table using an ingenious AWK command. Read More... (https://www.datafix.com.au/BASHing/2020-03-04.html)

After the latest update, I notice two user settings that are mis-behaving. One of them is clearing browser history (and other private data) when exiting Seamonkey. I did *ahem* interrupt the...

Does anyone know of a way to configure identical multicast IP routes on two different interfaces, that host different subnets? I'm struggling to find a way to do this.

I want to understand how CPU performs this Machine checks and how does it detect if any device has failed? Does the device send any machine-check exception (MCE) event which the MCE daemon catches...

how does an operating system say linux understand how many ram/pci/cpu slots/sockets are there? Does the operating system detect this or just the info is passed from bios acpi if so please tell how...

I am looking for people who are interested in helping build a new Linux distro. Anybody who is interested should reply, if anyone can help in any other way please let me know. Thank you in advance....

Published at LXer: The popular dock-like application Latte Dock is getting some new features in an upcoming release expected later this year, on-demand sidebars and vertical stick buttons. Read...

Published at LXer: Chromium Edge has been tweaked to prevent users installing PUA, Microsoft's going to Spain, plus there are a few more things about the gnomes at Redmond we didn't get around to...

I am trying to help a friend with his website. I've never done this before, and I want to install WordPress on my Linux Mint 19.2 computer. Although I've been using Linux distros for over 20 years,...

Published at LXer: How is it that our brains – the original face recognition program – can recognize somebody we know, even when they’re far away? As in, how do we recognize those we know in spite...

Published at LXer: Recently, at a presentation I was giving on the newer features of MySQL 8.0, I noticed one person in the audience getting very upset. The more I talked about one feature, the...

We need to configure a Sendmail SMTP auth, without using TLS in localnetwork. Auth should look in shadow file. If we try sending mail without Auth, mail should not go thru.

Good day, I’m a Linux newbie – coming from windows 7 and using Mint 19.3 Cinnamon. So far I’m really enjoying the Linux experience, but I’ve suddenly developed a problem when trying to install a...

Hi there again First : look, sometimes i want to make screencast, the problem is i don't know which is the best method neither the configurations i need to record audio from alsa correctly. I...

Published at LXer: German electronics manufacturer TUXEDO Computers announced today the availability of the new InfinityBook S 14 Linux-powered laptop. Read More......

Hello Linux friends thank you for allowing me into your group. I have just recently decided to become a computer programer so i am as new a newbie as there is. I am getting started with Linux while...

Published at LXer: What's in a name, you ask? Everything. It's how other systems, services, and users "see" your system. https://red.ht/2VGYibk via #EnableSysadmin Read More......

I want to know the answers to the questions below. ============= root@prod01 ~]# cat /etc/shadow root:$1$5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99:15651:0:99999:7::: what are the 3 risk’s observed with...

Published at LXer: This brief tutorial explains different ways to remove unnecessary configuration files from Debian-based operating systems. Read More......

I installed Fedora Server 31 about a week ago. When I ran ‘dnf update’ today, I got this: Fedora Modular 31 - x86_64 0.0 B/s | 0 B 00:00 Errors during downloading metadata for repository...

I'm new to Ubuntu and recently installed Ubuntu Server 18.04. I was able to install the server with no problems via Terminal mode. However, when I install the GUI I'm no longer able to sign-in. ...

Published at LXer: As part of my role as a senior product marketing manager at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source...

I recently came across a LM that was "toram". However I didn't copy the link. Anyone know what O.S. I'm referring to (link?)? Also, can any LM O.S. be set up "toram"? If so(?) where do I go to get the...

i want to run all X server instances in containers, most likely with each in its own container. the issue seems to be X getting access to the display hardware. also, X will need to be able to switch...

Published at LXer: While most operating system's file systems are different from each other, most come with a journaling feature. Find out what a journaling file system is. Read More......

Published at LXer: With only a week before the GNOME 3.36 desktop environment is officially announced, I decided to take it for a spin on the upcoming Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating...

Yesterday it worked like usual. Today I launched it and it was showing a feed of one of the tags I follow and I was signed out. When I clicked sign in the app took me to wordpress.com in the...

The patch released yesterday for 14.2 : seamonkey-2.53.1-i686-1_slack14.2 is a lot smaller than the previous Seamonkey, so I unpacked it first to take a look. It installs primarily into...

Published at LXer: Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has become a prominent aspect of the new age global economy. It has been analysed that FOSS makes up about 80-90% of any particular piece of...

So I dual booted pop os alongside windows 10. I dont have access to an ethernet cable and im trying to install my wifi drivers. I downloaded the driver from the site but im not sure how to install? ...

Published at LXer: This tutorial covers how to install Python 3.8 on Debian 10. We'll also show you how to create a virtual environment. Read More......

Published at LXer: Disney Plus is super popular, and it's not wonder. The service is loaded with Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars streaming content, including original series. There's one problem for...

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Published at LXer: in Unix and Linux, there are many security built-in features. One such feature is related to files and who should be allowed to manipulate them. Since everything is a file in...