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Linux USB to work as CD ROM in OS X
I am working in driver development in Linux USB modules.
I have written a driver for USB and it is working as CD ROM in a Windows machine.
I made the first partiton as fat32
modprobe g_hidmass file=/...
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Start SSH Server without typing a password - Sudoers (NOPASSWD)
I would like to execute the below command line without typing a password
sudo -s /bin/launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist
So I tried to add the below lines to my sudoers but ...
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Technical reasoning behind Android SDK requiring a downloaded driver
I've started down the path of tinkering with my Android phones. What's curious to me is that during the bootloader unlocking process if you're on Windows you are required to download and install ...
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Samba share mounts fine in linux, doesn't mount in OS X
I have a NAS server running Arch Linux configured to share a simple samba share. My smb.conf looks like this:
# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
workgroup = MSHOME
security = user
[External]
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Untouchable disks via Disk Utility and GParted
I have what I think are hybrid GUID/MBR disks that I created by splitting already MBR/NTFS disks via GParted, leaving unallocated space, then creating HFS partitions within OS X from the unallocated ...
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Synergy 1.4.2 Linux server, OSX client, Media/Function key mapping issues
I'm using an Apple bluetooth keybord to control my Linux synergy server. SSH tunneling, Mouse, Keyboard, and Copy&Paste all work.
Linux sees all the media/app keys that are on top of the F# keys ...
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Linux File Format on OSX
How would I read Linux formatted file systems (EX3 or EX4) on OXS (Snow Leopard)?
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Sharing folders across the internet
I have a software project me and a couple friends are working on, and I have all the files hosted on an Ubuntu server. On the server, everyone has their own user and their own home folder, and there's ...
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scp: ambiguous target when attempting to copy directory with an apostrophe and spaces in the name
I am trying to use scp to copy a directory by using ssh through windows terminal to connect to my mac and then use scp to copy a folder to my raspberry pi; I have tried many variations such as
scp -r &...
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How can I make Samba's vfs fruit work with large macOS extended attributes on a Linux kernel?
I have a macOS client (12.6.7) with APFS filesystem that supports large extended attributes (one attribute value being over 68 MB in a test).
I have a NAS server with Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 LTS with ...
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Where does Firefox save images, by default?
Firefox has the prominent configurable option where to save files when I select the "Save Link As" action. However, this does not seem to apply to images I want to download by right-clicking ...
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How do I figure out why one host is so slow writing to another host on LAN?
I have 3 devices on my LAN, all using wired connections:
MacBook Air
Lenovo ThinkCentre (running Ubuntu Server 22.04)
Raspberry Pi
I am using the ThinkCentre as a home server, and want to write ...
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Is the macOS/Linux shell the same thing as Bash?
sorry if this is a silly question, but are there any differences between Bash and the macOS/Linux shell? (not all Linux distros use the Bash shell right?)
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Dropbox.com works in VM host but not guest, all other sites work in guest
Dropbox.com works in VM host but not guest, all other sites work in guest.
Host: MacOS 11
VM: VMWare Fusion 12
Guest: Arch Linux, VM NAT networking
No iptables rules in VM.
ca-certificates (20210603-1)...
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Utilize `fswatch` to improve `rsync`'s speed?
I have some huge folders containing about 40000 files (and much, much more gitignored files like node_modules), and I want to rsync to a remote machine.
Currently, I use a simple script like run_rsync;...
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