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Hi, I would like to install Ubuntu on my Laptop which has Windows 7 installed on C drive.The remaIning drives E and D have got some data on them. If i install Ubuntu on D drive will it wipe out the data present on D DRIVE or will it just …

In the following script I'm trying to have an automated task to move all the screen shots I have taken with the "Prt Scr" button from ~/Pictures to ~/Pictures/ScreenShots Any ideas why it's not working. I did it at first with the mv command but was told by my instructor …

I have just purchased Debian 7-0 but know nothing about Linux or Debian. Where can I get appropriate tutorials?

Hi. I have a noobish UNIX question. I have a password-protected section of my website for testing (named 'sandbox') and I'm trying to write output to a plain text file in that directory. But I'm getting the following error due to permissions settings. `Warning: file_put_contents(testdb.txt) [function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: …

Hi how can we compile linux kernel with CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y ?? Also what does this flag do ?? Trying to run ntpd in non-root mode ~cheers

Hello. I'm trying to set up a private section of my website for testing and I'm having a problem where my .htaccess / .htpasswd protection always rejects my password. I've set permissions to 604 on both files as recommended by my web host and both files reside in the same …

Currently I am renting out a VPS (need the IP address location) and I simply need it for broswing the web. I choose to have Ubuntu installed as I assumed it would be the easiest. The admin helped with installing X windows and a VNC server to be able to …

Hi all, I am running the following command: time wc filename >wc.out 2>time.out in order to place the `wc` output into wc.out and the output from `time` into time.out. wc.out is fine but time.out is empty. I can't see where I am going wrong. Thanks for any help offered.

Hi everyone! I am trying to set up a reverse ssh tunnel from a windows machine using Cygwin (openssh) , to a Linux server machine with static ip, so i can access the windows pc directly through the server from any other machine. My ultimate goal is to be able …

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Hi all, First, I do not know what is the appropriate forum, here or in Python forum!! I am new user in Ubuntu and I want install Python to complete installation other program. After I downloaded Python version 2.7.5 , and uncompress the file in the my folder, I go …

Hi! That's my first post in Daniweb Forums. If I go wrong in explaining something or violate rules of posting threads, give me assistance. Two days back, I installed Fedora 18 having KDE Desktop Environment on my Core i3 Computer. It was working smooth and fine. I have Intel HD …

I am trying to make something similar to a symbolic link type setup for a folder. I have a folder on my desktop, place_on_server, and several folders that match up to folders on my linux server so place_on_server/tutorials would match up to /var/www/media/tutorials or place_on_server translates to /var/www/media Basically I …

hey everyone I want to change some environment variables , but I can't find the .bashrc file were I can change them, so can anyone tell me how to change environment variables in linux mint 14

Have Lubuntu on a netbook. When navigating the web I now find popups such as waiting for ads... Also waiting for cache. Did not have this problem two months ago when first installed. Lubuntu shows no apps to address adware. Suposedly, Linux is not susceptible. Guidance sought.

Hi all I want to login a machine remotely and doing some operation on the remote machine and then exit the remote machine by a unix shell script. I can login these two machines without passward. How can I do that? For example, my script is on machine1. that script …

i used the command : sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop in ubuntu 12 Now this command has not completed , remains active even after reboot and continues to stop a network connection a few seconds after it becomes active. i looked at ps aux but i'm none the wiser. How to eliminate …

Actually I change the permissions of my var/lib/mysql folder to view the files using the command: sudo chown -R . after that wen i was trying to access my phpmyadmin it was displaying error message like: #2002 Cannot log in to the MySQL server Connection for controluser as defined in …

Hi I nees answer for this questions 1.In Linux, what describes hdb2? Choose all answers that apply. Selecting an incorrect option will give minus points! A) [-1.00] Refers to the first disk. B) [1.00] Refers to the second disk. C) [-1.00] Refers to hard drive number 2. D) [1.00] Refers …

Hello I need to install magento on my server and for this it requires pdo_mysql I am trying to install pdo_mysql via whm option "Easy Apache" I tick the pdo_mysql option but after apache rebuilding process the phpinfo not showing pdo_mysql Do I need to enable it some where I …

I'M trying to get backtrack Linux to boot from a USB flash drive. The book I'M reading is haivng me to a lot of formating and what not on the flash drive from the CLI and then use rsync to copy the contents of the backtrack disk to the flash …

Hello, I want to make automatic restart of apache witgh cron. But what about everyghitng going in that moment - what will happen? Will it finish last requests and jobs or instatly stop and then transactions will be rolled back?

how to create warning pop up when access sftp like this? http://postimg.org/image/eeeyvkb7l/e97bf0ab/

Hello guys, I need to create a daily backup for files and save them on another server I use rsync -av --progress --inplace --rsh='ssh -p22' /var/www/html/product root@37.101.11.144:/var/www/html/backup/ but this ask me for password , I want to create a cron job to copy files automatically at midnight. how can I …

I've been using Linux for about half a year now but I'm definitely not taking full advantage of it as my knowledge regarding it is weak. I've seen some recommendations for the book "Unix Programming Environment by PIKE ROB KERNIGHAN BRIAN W. (1984)" but I can't help wondering if such …

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one of my good friends wrote [this](http://developertimes.wordpress.com/) blog here. he asked me for an opinion , however , i havent used linux much... only used centOS for about a semester in college for a networking course. i was hoping the members here could give some opinions about the blog. thanks …

hello I don't get where my linux space is gone. when i run df -h, it shows used 15 GB of total 20 GB when I run ncdu program, to find what takes, I do sudo ncdu in my root directory. And I see sorted by size directories: 4.7GB home …

Hey guys, I have problem in my server dns in resolve.conf keep reseting after upgrade or reboot what should I do to stop this ?

hello guy pls i need someone put me through the stages involve on virtualizing in a virtualiztion machine using redhat 6.0 i have gone as far as installing rhe6. in a virtual form. thanks

Hi all, I am having serious troubles connecting my laptop to the tv. I can do that with windows ok, but not in the linux. Somebody suggested to install bumblebee http://eternalvoid.net/tutorials/linux-optimus-gt650m/, which I seem to have successfully done. I think the reason was because my laptop had the nvidia drives …

Hi, I am a PHP developer and am working for a company. I used to develop CMS for websites for it's clients but the company used to treat me like shit. I mean really really bad. I was always booed and had to do anything everything asked by my boss …

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diff doesn't give same output format as input. How do I get that? For example file1 contains 1 2 3 4 5 file 2 contains 4 5 diff file1 file2>file3 and file3 contains <1 <2 <3 The output is right but I don't want the symbol <. Please help me …

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I have been using kali linux for a wile now on my mini laptop. I am a developer and would like to start developing in nasm. The problem is when I try to download nasm I use this command: apt-get install nasm It gives an error that there isnt such …

I've had several people ask me what I think the best, top, most user friendly, ultimate, and so on distribution is--so now I'm publishing my Top 10 Linux Distributions in reverse order of preference. Ease of installation, commercial support, community support, updates, administrative tools, stability, performance, and to a lesser …

If you thought, or indeed hoped, that the Google Chrome OS would be a thoroughly modern marvel running web apps only then you are about to be disappointed. It would appear that even the brave new future of the OS cannot escape from the legacy of Windows. According to a …

How to install Ubuntu on windows 7 with out distrubig windows kidly give me valuable tips.. thanks for your time

I downloaded ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-i386 iso.Then i burn it to a DVD.But i can't run it as a live cd on Windows 7.I changed the bootable device oreder of BIOS also.Why is that? Thanks

I have Windows 7 in my primary partition and I installed Ubuntu 13.04 in the second partition. I deleted the Ubuntu partition and kept windows 7. Now the next day when I try to start my windows 7 I get an error: error : no such partition. grub rescue> How …

HI i have linux mint and i want to install jdk6 to learn java on linux but really it is very difficult to install it..on windows or mac very easy as i m watching tuto about installing jdk on win and mac but there is no for linux can you …

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I have a WD external usb drive attached to my BT Home Hub 3. It's formatted to ext4. I've set fstab to mount the drive and can see it and open folders, but I cannot copy to it. The file permissions ('rwx') are all in my name for the drive …

Hello every I have adobe reader 9 and now i want to install adobe reader 11 for the same purpose i run given command sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner" sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install acroread but it gives Setting up acroread-common (9.5.4-1precise1) Noe how can done that donot …

Today I was sucessful in installing Vector 7 after trying since the last 2 years. To view power point files I need libre office and do not know how to install. Any help given will be greatly appreciated. farid ansari Karachi, Pakistan

I downloaded Kali linux, great os if you ask me, but I want to set the PATH to /sbin/ How do I do that, I want to set it permanantly and how do I make my account root so that I can create new files in /etc ... and so …