Format external hard drive to linux compatible file system
How do I format my external hard drive to a very Linux compatible file system?
Unix & Linux
Restrict file access to append only
I have a directory with log files and I’m putting
logs from script launched by users into them. Logging with syslog doesn’t seem
possible in this case. (non-daemon rsync)
Debian + USB3 HDD + UAS: I/O errors
I’m running rsync to backup a remote machine to a USB hard drive on an ARM SBC and sometimes rsync just stops with “read error from input device (I/O error)”. I believe the issue is related to UAS + USB 3.0 + rsync causing high I/O load, because of uas_eh_device_reset_handler on /var/log/messages:
Can’t get Wireshark to run as user on CentOS
It’s the first time I’m installing and configuring Wireshark in a rpm-based distro. In the past I’ve installed it properly on Ubuntu, Mint or Debian.
How to prevent users from deleting a directory?
I tried “chattr +i DIRNAME”, it’s great, but I cannot create files in the DIR after chattr. What else are there to prevent users from deleting a Directory?
xdg-open opens a different application to the one specified by xdg-mime query
I run Debian Jessie without a desktop environment (I use the tiling window manager i3) and like to use xdg-open to quickly open files using a preferred application. I have an ongoing problem setting the preferred app for PDF files though. This is my problem in a nutshell:
Problem in secure copying (scp) filenames with spaces
I am trying to copy files using secure copy(scp). I am trying to execute the following command but I get error due to the space in the absolute path of the location of the directory.
Is it possible to find out which files are setting/adding to environment variables, and their order of precedence?
Some of my environment variables ($PATH, $MANPATH and friends) are partially set up in different source files.
How to invoke a shell built-in explicitly?
I want to customize the functionality of cd command as per my needs.
Is it possible to “protect” an IFS character from field splitting?
In a POSIX sh, or in the Bourne shell (as in Solaris 10’s /bin/sh), is it possible to have something like: