Questions tagged [bsd]
The BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) is a UNIX operating system developed by University of California at Berkeley during the 70s and 80s.
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How To SetUP SOCKS5 Proxy Server on Linux based OS
What is the best way to setup SOCKS5 proxy server on *nix?
I have tried a lot of solutions but really not impressed
For instance one GO-based solution just not working, another option is to use ssh ...
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Mount remote directory of server with no direct route but having an intermediate server that only receives ssh connections
The setup I'm facing is this one:
In server A I'd like to mount a directory (let's call it SHARED) from server B.
There is no route and no way to add any from A to B or from B to A.
The inverse, to ...
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What's the simplest way to display a browser-based interface on a computer without a GUI?
I am converting an old laptop into what will basically just be a terminal for some of my other computers. For the most part, I only need to ssh into my computers, and that I can do with any CLI-based ...
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Can you underline directories in zsh with ls?
I would like to underline directories when I do ls. Is this possible in a default Mac terminal and zsh? Or do I need something like iTerm2 + ohmyzsh. From what I found LSCOLORS doesn't support ...
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Moving the mouse cursor (not just screen) in vim
With my .vimrc under Linux I can scroll using my mouse wheel and the cursor itself goes up and down, shifting the lines shown on the screen if necessary. Using the same .vimrc and vim installed from ...
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vi command line editing insert mode overwrite
I'm using Windows Terminal (TERM=xterm-256color) in a bash shell under Ubuntu:
uname -a
Linux xxxxxxx 4.19.128-microsoft-standard #1 SMP Tue Jun 23 12:58:10 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I'...
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What is the explanation of the network flags in MacOSX? [closed]
Good morning.
Could someone explain to me the meaning of the flags in the routing table?
For example if you check the output of netstat -nr you will have lines like this:
default 192.168.2....
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Besides BSD and Linux, are there any other open-source Unix descendants currently in development? [closed]
This week I'm going to install every major BSD and Linux distro and learn for myself how they differ. Are there any other Unix open-source projects besides these two ancestors that I should consider ...
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I accidentally ran `rm -rf /` what should I do
I accidentally ran rm -rf / on my macos machine, most files were protected since I was not running the command as root, but I definitely lost some files in /usr/local, are there any other files I ...
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Installing a second OS carries a risk of data loss; even your PC's user manual says so. If you have backups, is it now okay to install a second OS?
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A variety of Samsung laptops say something like this in their user manuals (PDF):
If you change the product's factory OS (Operating System) to another OS, or if you install software which ...
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INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE BSOD on Windows 10
I am getting the error INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE, I have tried everything.the computer is in an infinite loop of restarting.
Safe mode doesn't start, the reset this PC doesn't work, the uninstall ...
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how can I get the yes command to force overwrite and to do so with new lines?
I would like cp to prompt before overwriting so I am using -i.
(I might sometimes use an alias for cp, or similar, so cp always occurs with -i).
I may want to say overwrite all. I know that's the ...
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Delete emails from specific source in mailx/BSD mail
I need to delete all emails from a specific source. I can list all of the emails with the f [email protected] but I'm having to dump it to something like awk and back into mail... or copy all of ...
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How could a hacker access the /etc/shadow file if it is only accessible by root and they do not have root access?
I am reading a book on ethical hacking, and it has some examples in Python which I won't post here unless asked since this isn't Stack Overflow. But, I was wondering, if a hacker was trying to access ...
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Can I share my home among multiple operating systems?
Is it possible to have on the same hard disk a single home partition (e.g. EXT4), shared by multiple operating systems?
What I would like to do is to install Linux, HURD and DragonFlyBSD on the same ...
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