we are registering ourselves using a username, which can't modified there after. When we are registering, we may or may not have the availability of Actual name. so we may register as xxx1,...

Problem: I load a cd into my computer, the cd spins rapidly then goes quiet. Some times my cd will load fine, other times it refuses to play at all and on those occasions won't even eject the CD when...

Howdy all, Been a while since I been on here but i have finally graduated so I hope to get a few more home project pumping. This being the first :) I am trying to build an openBSD wireless...

Which distro has the greatest support? I'm thinking of Mandriva, Fedora and Suse, based on their popularity,(iso.linuxquestions.org/) Am I on track? Thanking you in advance.

To make vTigerCRM working with my Asterisk PBX I start a php script (AsteriskClient.php): root@MSI:~$ cd /var/www/vtigercrm/cron/modules/PBXManager/ root@MSI:...

Published at LXer: The Ubuntu Developers Summit (UDS), held November 16-20 in Dallas, while kicking off the development cycle for the next Ubuntu release, "Lucid Lynx", had a surprising amount to...

Hi Guys, I am new to linux/embedded linux. I have a strong understanding of embedded hardware and C programming. I want to learn linux/ embedded linux. Recently got a board from boradcon EM2400II...

Hi, I love this place, I want to thank you (all of you) for making (this) LQ forums available. My suggestion is to all, have a nice holiday break over the new year period. Cheers and Regards...

Hi All, After getting my web site accessible from */var/www/html/index.html* now I want to access pages from user's home directory, eg.:* /home/demo/web/aboutMe.html* I enabled user_dir in the...

Hi pls i have this phone a PS185Y running a samsug 2442 processor an RF GSM/GPRS triband phone,please how do i port linux on this phone,please and completely new at this,the phone already runs a...

Look at the following script,"myfile.sh" which runs another shell script called "1.sh" if the given string is "Ashok": Code: --- #myfile.sh clear echo -ne "\033[0m" a=0 while : do

Have dabbled with Windows for a number of years. I missed DOS. Thought it was time to move on to a command line OS. Learning the arcane linux commands but slowly!

Hi All, (Studying the Book Red Hat Network Services - RH253 - Unit 7) I have just learnt how to install and configure Web Services (Apache) on RHEL 5. I am able to access my web site through...

I want to add a line before the last two lines in a file. Here is what i have: lseek(fd, -13, SEEK_END); if (write(fd, argv[1], strlen(argv[1])) == -1) printf("error on write"); write(fd,...

LinuxSecurity.com: ACLs and extended attributes for files are simple and easy to use in Linux, and can go a long way in securing files. Vincent Danen goes over some of the basic file protection enhancements provided by the Linux kernel.

LinuxSecurity.com: A vulnerability was found in ntp which can be exploited by malicious people to cause denial of service via malformed mode 7 packets.

LinuxSecurity.com: An integer overflow was found in glibc, which can be exploited by malicious people to possibly execute arbitrary code. [UPDATE] Same issue was fixed in Pardus 2008

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Adobe Flash Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to possibly execute arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: A vulnerability was found in coreutils, which can be used by malicious people to potentially execute arbitrary code under certain circumstances. [UPDATE] Same issue was fixed in Pardus 2008