Questions tagged [configuration]
The action of modifying a program's behavior, generally by modifying a text file.
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How to increase number of workspaces in Debian 12?
I have a Debian 12 system and am wondering how I can increase
the number of workspaces from 4 to N.
Executing this cmd echo $DESKTOP_SESSION returns mate. So the DE is mate.
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How to set absolute postfix Maildir NOT within home directory ? mail_spool_directory does not work
I have installed Postfix from source in the top level directory /srv/mail/.
I edit the main.cf file and add:
home_mailbox = mail/
When I then send a mail with:
sendmail -t localuser@localhost
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Additional "rules" for systemd network interfaces?
I'm very ignorant about this topic, so i may use wrong terms or concepts. I'm sorry for that.
I'm creating a bash script which configures a BeagleBone Black after that the original Debian image is ...
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Add files only one program can see (without root) [duplicate]
I have a program with hardcoded config files in /etc, which I do not have write permission to, because I have no root (except I can use pacman in sudo). I need a way for the program to see a file ...
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Logitech TrackMan Marble Mouse Back Button
Background
A Logitech TrackMan was configured to have its small right button trigger the back functionality in Firefox. Here's an image of the device from the Ubuntu Community wiki:
The keyboard and ...
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Where to find textstring in Linux/Dovecot
I have installed the iRedMail email server script on an Ubuntu 22.04
with Nginx.
Now, when I create a new email account,
the user gets an email when he logs in the first time.
It’s a welcome email ...
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File listing all the packages installed with Nix package manager
I just installed nix package manager on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and I was wondered if there exist a file which lists all the packages installed with nix (in order for example to list all the packages ...
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Where can I find the configuration/setting for NTP to explain the specific behavior observed in an NTP client?
I have recently been doing a specific timing analysis
of the performance of NTP under controlled conditions.
The experiment I performed was conceptually quite simple.
I have an NTP server running ...
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How do I check which conf file was loaded by syslog-ng when starting?
I am running syslog-ng on debian.
How do I check which conf file was loaded upon startup?
Neither
systemctl status syslog-ng
nor
systemctl show syslog-ng
tell me.
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LinuxDC++ Client: Port configuration error
I am using LinuxDC++ Client (Zorin 17.1 Core) and i get an error TCP/UDP ports need to be resolved... and the error is persisting even after uninstall and reinstall.
Port setting TCP 411 UDP 411
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Not working `<Location/>` tag in Apache Virtual host
I am trying to create Apache virtualhost that is closed for all IP addresses with exception of one IP address and two URLs that should be publicly accessible.
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<...
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Why are new kernel versions not appearing in Fedora 40 Grub?
I upgraded from Fedora 38 to Fedora 40 more or less smoothly.
Yet, when new kernels are installed, the grub configuration is not updated.
The command grep vmlinuz /boot/grub2/grub.cfg shows
linux /...
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Passing last IP octet to a host alias and have it added to complete full proxycommand with ip address
I wish to have this all done in the ssh config file for a specific user. The site has hard-coded ip addresses into there various software and using the naming convention is not really an option.
Host ...
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How to customize X11 font cursor
According to the documentation of XCreateFontCursor:
Applications are encouraged to use this interface for their cursors because the font can be customized for the individual display type.
How do I ...
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Force non-interactive `apt-get install` to fail on config file conflict
I'm doing unattended / non-interactive package installations via
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y my_package
This works as attended in most cases, but still gives me an interactive ...
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