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User mode linux eth0 connected to host tap ethernet device not coming up
I am trying to setup the network between UML instance running on ubuntu as host.
UML--eth0-(192.168.0.254) ----------------tap0--(192.168.0.253)--VM
But, I am not able to bring the eth0 device in ...
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apt-get failed to fork in UML (user mode Linux)
I'm running a user mode Linux (Linux-3.19.8) for development testing.
I'd like to be able to edit files inside the UML. I have some experience with Vim, so I'd prefer that.
But unfortunately when I ...
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Virtual serial ports /dev/pts
I'm trying to create virtual ports using GSM cmux. It creates virtual ports in /dev/chn 1 2 & 3. Which is linked to /dev/pts 0 1 & 2. But when I list dev directory there is no pts folder and ...
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usermod question about option e
after reading the man pages I am unable to find an explanation of what this does (the tack e option)
usermod -L -e 1 username
-e 1
does this mean one day after the linux epoch, jan 1 1970? How ...
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Create Wheezy UML filesystem
I'm trying to create a Debian Wheezy filesystem to use in User Mode Linux. right now I'm following this tutorial. The commands after # Remove the other terminal events don't work here and I can't find ...
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How to set up networking in UML on Fedora 21 on VirtualBox?
I'm trying to set up an user mode linux machine on my virtual machine with fedora 21, as a part of a school project. I've got it running, but I've no idea how to get the networking to work.
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Why would someone want to run UserMode Linux (UML)
The Linux README states that:
Linux has also been ported to itself. You can now run the kernel as a
userspace application - this is called UserMode Linux (UML).
Why would someone want to do ...
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Not able to change default group for user with `sudo usermod -g` [duplicate]
I have looked at the questions and answer here at U&L but I still cannot get my default group to change from a user.
[red@ws-red-l ~]$ whoami
red
[red@ws-red-l ~]$ groups
yellow green
[red@ws-red-...
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How can a user run a program in kernel mode?
Is it possible for a user to run their own program in kernel mode? How could a user accomplish this? What weakness in the system's protection mechanism would they have to bypass?
I'm thinking that a ...
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Configure UML to generate core file
The User Mode Linux (UML) I run on Ubuntu crashes occasionally, but does not generate any core file. I'd like to know the necessary configuration to be applied on UML so it generates a core when it ...
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How to create rootfs for user mode Linux on Fedora 18?
I want to create a rootfs to be used with an UML kernel and be able to use the internet. I was using febootstrap with packages: bash, coreutils, net-tools, iputils. After using febootstrap-supermin-...
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User Mode Linux compile fails
I am trying to compile User Mode Linux on a 64 bit machine with defconfig and getting the following error.
arch/x86/um/user-offsets.c:1: sorry, unimplemented: code model "large" not supported yet
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