We’ve got a Squid web cache set up that is used for caching package downloads, so that all the machines here don’t have to independently redownload everything. The installer prompts for a mirror and proxy. As long as every machine uses the exact same mirror (here, http.us.debian.org) and the proxy then it works.
I am looking for description of following terms:
I would like to execute this shell script at reboot and shut down:
Press Ctrl and hold it. Then, press Alt and hold it. Finally, press Delete. If you have a Ubuntu system (maybe any debian-based system), it is very likely that your session will be locked, as you have executed the Ctrl+Alt+Delete shortcut.
Has anyone figured out how to install/backport a Debian Handbrake package on Debian wheezy? The only version of Handbrake currently in Debian is in experimental, and the dependencies are not available on wheezy, so I can’t easily rebuild it. In particular the version of libav used is the version in experimental.
On my machine, fdisk -lu /dev/sda displays following output:
I’m being trolled by China, and don’t know why I can’t block their request to my server.
The process substitution <(cat) doesn’t work. Why?
I have a bash application that is producing some result, and I’d like to echo the result to either stdout or to a user chosen file. Because I also echo other interactive messages going to the screen, requiring the user to explicitly use the > redirection when he wants to echo the result to a file is not an option (*), as those messages would also appear in the file.
I entered the man page of ls, the entry for the -d option is as follows: