What is the regex to validate Linux users?
When adding a new user, how is the string validated?
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How can I move the home directory to a separate partition?
I would like to install another distribution but keep my home directory. Is there a way to move the home directory to a separate partition? I don’t have an external hard drive available to back up my data. I would like to set up my partitions as suggested here.
ACPI BIOS Error / AE_NOT_FOUND
I’m getting these error messages every single time I reboot my desktop (and a couple of more I don’t know how to retain when it’s shutting down, but those are not relevant to this question so far):
redirect systemd service logs to file
I was trying to run flume on Ubuntu 16.04 as systemd service and have following in /etc/systemd/system/flume-ng.service
Why is the ‘sudo’ password different than the ‘su root’ password
On my personal machine, I often type sudo in front of certain commands in order to accomplish administrative tasks. I had hoped to avoid doing this throughout the day, by typing su root and providing the same password I usually do for sudo. However, the two passwords are not the same(I don’t know how to log in to su root). Is running a command with sudo different than logging in with su root and running the same command?
What’s the default order of Linux sort?
For a long period I thought the default behavior of the sort program was using ASCII order. However, when I input the following lines into sort without any arguments:
How does Linux tell threads apart from child processes?
Linux doesn’t actually distinguish between processes and threads, and implements both as a data structure task_struct.
How to search for a word in entire content of a directory in linux
need to search for something in entire content
Is there a Homebrew-equivalent for limited access user accounts in Linux?
I have a few Linux servers that lack necessary sudo or root permissions, and I’m feeling kind of stuck with my options:
Good style/practices for separators in file (or directory) names
I’m not exactly sure if this is a “right” question to post here. I’m probably asking more about “opinions” than actual categorical answers (of those that either work or don’t, and that’s it). I was wondering what name separators would be the most linux friendly (or more specifically, Bash friendly) and human friendly at the … Read more