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Is it possible to do the following using 1 polkit .pkla file?
Disable all users except those in the wheel group from using polkit.
The users in the wheel group will need to provide the root password when using polkit.
/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/wheel-only.pkla
[disable all users…
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I have a process (dbus-daemon) which has many open connection over UNIX sockets. One of these connections is fd #36:
=$ ps uw -p 23284
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
depesz 23284 0.0 0.0 24680 1772 ? Ss 15:25 0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork…
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I've been using Linux for a couple of years now but I still haven't figured out what the origin or meaning of some the directory names are on Unix and Unix like systems. E.g. what does etc stand for or var? Where does the opt name come from?
And while we're on the topic anyway. Can someone give a…
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Hi All,
I am beginner to UNIX,UNIX Shell Scripting.
Can you please guide me through any excellent sites for unix(which are easy to understand),some study materials(tutorials),video tutorials.
Please help!!
Thanks!
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Is Mac OS X developed on a licensed Unix or is it a Unix-like clone that, unlike Linux, conforms to Unix specification well enough to be registered as a Unix OS. Not until Leopard, Mac OS X did not gain the Unix certification. But in Leopard, Terminal still print:
GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release…
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So I've been getting into a bit of assembly lately and I'm a beginner so i was wondering if someone could clarify something. I take it every process has it's own set of registers, and each thread can modify these registers right?. How then do multiple threads use the same registers without causing…
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I'm a beginner learning some assembly, when preserving the ESP register before a function call does it matter if you do it by adding or subtracting? hard to explain, consider the following
mov esi, esp
sub esp, 12 // on 32bit OS this would mean that there are 3 arguments to the function
// push,…
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Sorry if I am not supposed to post beginner level questions here..I am new to this site
Please read the code below first
I am confused about getchar() 's role in the following code.. I mean I know its helping me see the output window which will only be closed when I press enter key
So getchar()…
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Learning new technologies can be daunting. If you’ve never used a Mac before, you’ll probably be a bit baffled at first. But, you’re probably at least coming from a desktop computing background (Windows), so you common frame of reference.
But what if you’re just now learning…
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My brother is just starting out college. He's studying the same thing I am here in Bolivia; Systems Engineer which is the equivalent of what a CS degree is in the US.
Being his big brother and a programmer myself I really want to guide him and give him the right material to learn and become good…
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