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Why is it bad to run as root?
I've often come across posts on forums or other websites where you see people joking in such a manner about running/logging in as root as if it's something awful and everyone ought to know about it. ...
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scp from remote Linux to local Windows with spaces in local path
To push a file from a Linux terminal to a Windows system, the following two examples work just fine.
scp /home/user.name/file.html [email protected]:/C:/Users/user.name/test_folder/file.html
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Why does it take so long for the computer to respond with "invalid password", when using a correct password is near instant? [duplicate]
When you enter a password and it's correct the response is practically instantaneous (i.e. the log on process).
When you enter an incorrect password (accidently, forgotten, etc) however, it takes a ...
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How does rebooting a computer work? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does a computer restart itself?
How does a computer's reboot command actually work?
How is the computer told that it shouldn't stay down after powering off, and that it ...
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Can windows command line support Linux "cd -"?
In Linux we can use cd - to enter the previous directory, like:
/home/user: cd /a
/a: cd -
/home/user:
The - means the latest previous directory.
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My computer reboots when I tell it to shutdown
There are about 40 computers at work with this problem. They all have an ASUS P5KPL/1600 motherboard. They are all running SUSE Linux 11.1.
When I tell the computer to shutdown either through the UI ...
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Boot Win10 from an ISO-Image on a certain partition using GRUB2
I have bought a laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad T520) with a locked BIOS. So I can't change the boot order of the laptop. The upmost device in the boot order is the internal HDD. Fortunately there is a ...
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How can I automate sending commands from Windows to Linux (WSL/Ubuntu)?
I would like to automate compiling my program for Linux through WSL running Ubuntu 20 so that I can set up an IDE task windows-side that will do the compilation for me on Linux.
I thought of making a ...
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How to access Guest (Linux) Filesystem from Host (Windows) in VirtualBox
I am trying to synchronize my music between my desktop (Ubuntu 9.10) and my laptop (VirtualBox: Windows 7 host & Ubuntu 9.10 guest) I use Unison to perform the actual sync, which itself is not the ...
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How can I access a Linux partition from Windows?
I'd like to be able to access my Linux /home partition from within Windows on a dual-boot machine. Since the partition is formatted for XFS, I can't use explore2fs.
What other ways might I be able ...
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How make bootable usb with Windows XP liveCD from linux (debian)
how to create bootable USB with Windows XP liveCD. For Linux liveCD/DVD I can write cat <debian-iso> > /dev/<flash-drive>, but in windows case this doesn't works
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How do I recover my data? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Recover data loss from accidental quick format
Are there any good free undelete tools for Windows? [closed]
Formatted hard drive, forgot to back up a text file. How do I get ...
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SSH Tunnel from Windows through Linux to Windows
I'd like to establish an SSH tunnel via a Linux jump host in the following way:
Host A is Windows-based and has a private key to authenticate with the jump host (Host B)
Host B is Linux-based and has ...
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How to delete folder from EFI partition - Microsoft
I have problem with my Fedora disto. Boot is stucked on system check on disk by UUID...
I discovered that it is EFI partition and I tried to reconfigure grub2 but there are inffinite Input Outpur ...
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What is the Windows analog of the Linux watch command?
I'm looking for a Windows program/script/command line function that works like Linux's watch program.
watch periodically calls another program/whatever and shows the result, which is great for ...
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