Questions tagged [configuration]
The action of modifying a program's behavior, generally by modifying a text file.
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What do options `ServerAliveInterval` and `ClientAliveInterval` in sshd_config do exactly?
I found this question, but I'm sorry I don't quite understand the settings on the two variables ServerAliveInterval and ClientAliveInterval mentioned in the accepted response. If my local server is ...
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Why do some applications use ~/.config/appname for their config data while others use ~/.appname?
I've noticed that some applications put their configuration files to ~/.config/appname while others use ~/.appname (the classic way, AFAIK) for this. What's the sense in this distinction and what ...
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Purpose and typical usage of /etc/rc.local
The header looks like this:
#!/bin/sh -e
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# rc.local - executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel
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# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
What is ...
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Understanding home configuration file locations: ~/, ~/.config/ and ~/.local/share/
There are a number of hidden configuration files in my home directory:
some of them are in ~/ (e.g. ~/.cinnamon)
some of them are in ~/.config/ (e.g. ~/.config/cinnamon-session)
some of them are in ~...
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How do I set a user's default .bashrc file?
On Ubuntu 10.4 I have edited the /etc/bash.bashrc file to set some variables like the command history size (HISTSIZE=5000), however if I create a new users Ubuntu by default gives them a .bashrc file ...
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How to properly and easily configure `xdg-open` without any environment?
I'm using OpenBox window manager without any desktop environment.
xdg-open behaves strangely. It opens everything with firefox.
$ xdg-settings --list
Known properties:
default-web-browser ...
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What's the conf file reading between login and non-login shell?
I found that those are .bash_profile, .bashrc, .bash_login, .profile.
What's the reading sequence between them?
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Large zone file for bind9 : ad-blocking
I was successfully using a small (20,000 entries) zone file with bind9 server, but today my data provider sent an update which caused the zone file to become 300,000+ entries large (30Mb+).
The ...
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Broadcom Wireless PCI Card BMC4360 14e4:43a0 cannot get drivers working
I have a problem similar to this:
Unable to get Broadcom wireless drivers working on Arch Linux
But in my case, loading the broadcom-wl-dkms driver did not work. I am new to this, so maybe the ...
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Dynamic variables in systemd service unit files
Is there a way to dynamically assign environment variables in a systemd service unit file?
We have a machine that has 4 GPUs, and we want to spin up multiple instances of a certain service per GPU. E....
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What customizations have you done on your shell profile to increase productivity?
I know some people have some startup scripts and some people personalise the prompt. One developer uses short aliases for the long path he often visits and the frequent commands he runs.
What are all ...
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Which version of NFS is my NFS server using?
I'm mounting a NFS filesystem on my machine. How do I figure out what version of the NFS protocol the server uses? I don't have access to the NFS server machine, but I do have root on my client ...
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Change default port for PulseAudio (line out, not headphones)
When I boot, PulseAudio defaults to sending output to Headphones. I'd like it to default to sending output to Line Out. How do I do that?
I can manually change where the output is current sent as ...
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automount nfs: autofs timeout settings for unreliable servers - how to avoid hangup?
I'm running a small server for our flat share. It's mostly a file server with some additional services. The clients are Linux machines (mostly Ubuntu, but some others Distros too) and some Mac(-Book)s ...
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best way to set up separate linux environment in ~
I do most of my work (involves a lot of C/Python) on a development server that is shared with several other people. As a result we all seem to do a bit of the system administration chores (there is ...
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