Top new questions this week:

How can I delete a file with no name

I somehow managed to create a file that doesn't seem to have a filename. I found some information regarding how to get more details of the file in the following thread. However, I tried some of the …

/ filenames / rm

asked by Mr Moose 14 votes answered by antje-m 18 votes

How to keep track of changes in /etc/

I would like to keep track of changes in /etc/ Basically I'd like to know if a file was changed, by yum update or by a user and roll it back if I don't like the chage. I thought of using a VCS like …

/ backup / git / btrfs / etc

asked by taffer 8 votes answered by Faheem Mitha 14 votes

On deep-created directories

In Windows, there is a certain limit on the number of characters in a path, which restricts how deep a directory can be created. I was wondering what the case is like in Linux? Do you have some …

/ directory / organization

asked by Tim 4 votes answered by Mat 14 votes

Undo bg; Undo putting a process into the background?

I've started a long running and machine hog process. I've hit CTRL-Z to stop it. I've then put it in the background with bg. Oops, I should have restarted with fg so that I could easily stop and start …

/ bash / process-management

asked by Vincent Scheib 4 votes answered by Aaron D. Marasco 3 votes

Why can't I run programs on another partition in Linux?

So for convenience, I store all my data on my Windows partition so that I can access my data easily from both Linux and Windows. However, I tried compiling a C++ program with g++, and found out that I …

/ permissions / executable / chmod

asked by wrongusername 4 votes answered by Adam Zalcman 12 votes

Where in "/" should extra disks be mounted?

According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_directory_structure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard extra disks should not be mounted in /mnt/ according to the …

/ linux / freebsd / mount / directory-structure

answered by Matt Simmons 3 votes

What DNS servers am I using?

How can I check which DNS server am I using (in Linux)? I am using network manager and a wired connection to my university's LAN. (I am trying to find out why my domain doesn't get resolved)

/ linux / debian / networking / dns

asked by Grzenio 4 votes answered by hesse 9 votes

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

tar: unrecognized option

I just ran apt-get upgrade on my debian 5 vps and i got this error: tar: unrecognized option `--warning=no-timestamp' Now when i try to install other packages e.g: imagemagick i get the same error: …

/ debian / upgrade / apt / tar

asked by DanielZ 5 votes answered by izogi 7 votes

How can I install MS Windows fonts on Fedora 15?

I've just installed Fedora 15 and here is some troubles with fonts. How can I install MS fonts?

/ fedora / fonts

asked by fl00r 2 votes answered by Tshepang 4 votes

Can you answer these?

How to check why sound over HDMI doesn't work

I installed Gentoo clean on my system, except my /home but I deleted all hidden folders that might have an impact on sound (.mplayer .pulse* .config .esd_auth and more) and with a fresh user adduser …

/ audio / gentoo / pulseaudio

asked by Walter Maier-Murdnelch 3 votes

Fedora15/Gnome3 - Exit elevated priviliges mode

While using Fedora 14 (Gnome2), Each time if I was doing some privileged task (ex - mounting a new hard drive), I would be prompted for password and then there would appear an icon (like keys) on the …

/ fedora / security / users / gnome3

asked by check123 1 vote

Running cron script with lynx fails to work

I'm trying to automate a login process that can only be done through a browser. I am using the lynx browser to script the actions required to do this. Lynx does this by dumping a user's keystrokes …

/ shell-script / cron / lynx

asked by Dennis Hodapp 3 votes