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Bharathi Subramanian | 14 May 07:05

One Day One GNU/Linux Command (SORT)

One Day One GNU/Linux Command
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sort - Sort lines of text files

Summary : 

Sort the file contents based on options given to it.
By default the output is showed in the console.

Examples :

$ sort  -- Take the input from stdin, sort and output 
           in stdout.

$ sort myfile -o myoutput -- Sort the myfile content 
                             and store in "myoutput"

$ sort -b myfile -- Ignore the leading blanks and sort.

$ sort -br myfile -- Same as above but in reverse order

$ sort -c myfile -- Only Check whether myfile is already 
                    sorted

$ sort -f myfile -- Ignore the case and sort (a == A)

$ sort -u myfile -- Sort and output only unique lines

$ sort -t : -k 2,2n -k 5.3,5.4 myfile
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Kapil Hari Paranjape | 14 May 02:57
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Debian Security Announcement

Hello,

I am posting this here as it should receive wide exposure.

http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00152.html

The bottom line(s):
 1. If you run a Debian or derivative (yes, Ubuntu!) version
    that is based on etch or later,
and
 2a. If you generated an SSH/SSL key on this system 
 or
 2b. You created a signature using a openssl DSA key on this
     system

Then it is likely that your key is weak/compromised. Please change
it after installing a more recent "openssl".

This does *not* apply to GPG/PGP keys.

Regards,

Kapil.
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Roshan | 13 May 21:03
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[X-post]: [OT] HDD size errors (BIOS?) (longer than usual email)

List,

I have a very odd hardware problem, and I cannot
guess, which hardware is at fault. 
(It might turn up to be a BIOS problem too, but read
on to help me out, if you can)

I have a SAMSUNG HDD, 80 GB, and everytime I power my
system up, the BIOS shows up the disk space as 33280MB
(32/33 GB approx) of HDD space, leading to GRUB also
failing to recognize the partition to boot from (or
at-least display the GRUB menu).

To actually determine what the problem is, I pop in a
LIVE CD, which should automatically mount FAT32
partitions but doesn't. So, I start a terminal and
mount them manually. I restart the machine, and voila!
the BIOS now detects the HDD as a 80 GB HDD, and the
grub menu is seen. 
If I later, shutdown the computer (with AC supply
still in) this configuration of 80 GB is lost. It
again shows up 332xx MB (32/33 GB approx) in the BIOS
and I have to reboot it through the LIVE CD and do
everything all again. Though I don't mind doing this,
I guess, it is simply a (machine) killer for the
DVD+-RW drive that I have recently purchased. 

I initially assumed it to be a problem with the Data
Cable, but it isn't so. 
Next, I assumed it to be a problem with the HDD
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Rahul Sundaram | 13 May 17:55
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Fedora 9 (Sulphur) Released

Hi,

Get It:

http://get.fedoraproject.org/

Official Announcement:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-May/msg00007.html

Press Release:

http://www.redhat.com/about/news/prarchive/2008/fedora9.html

Few words from the current Fedora Project Leader, Paul W. Frields:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-May/msg00006.html

What's New?

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/ReleaseSummary

Some of the major changes include:

* PackageKit - Distribution neutral package management framework
* KDE 4, GNOME 2.22
* Persistent Live USB support
* Partition resizing and encryption support in the installer
* Preupgrade option for in-place upgrade from previous releases
* FreeIPA - Identity, Policy and Authentication integration for sysads
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senthilraja P | 13 May 17:08
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Security in Ubuntu

Hi,

I installed edubuntu fiesty, and later on forgot the password.  In a guess,
i tried in recovery mode, and i got the shell prompt.  I attempted to edit
the passwd and shadow file, and to my surprise i was able to update it.
Then later on i rebooted and logged in normal way.

now i am wondering, that the security of the system would be compromised.

is ubuntu devised in such a way?  Or is there any other way to protect the
system?

Regards,
Senthil Raja
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Theyagarajan S | 13 May 11:48
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freeshell.in admin

is admin of freeshell.in here on the list ? can anyone give me his email
address ?
pretty urgent with the shell issue

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Bharathi Subramanian | 13 May 07:58

One Day One GNU/Linux Command (ULIMIT)

One Day One GNU/Linux Command
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ulimit - Control the resources available to processes

Summary: 

ulimit, Bash built-in command, provides control over the resources
(Virtual Mem, Max no .of process, Core file size, ...) available to
processes started by the shell.

For example, If max no. of user process is set to 5, then that
particular user can't run more then 5 process.

Examples:

$ ulimit -a -- Show All current limits.

$ ulimit -c -- Show core file size.

$ ulimit -c 1000 -- Set new core file size.

$ ulimit -u 5 -- Set max no .of user processes

$ ulimit -n -- Show max open files.

Read: help ulimit

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தியாகராஜன் | 13 May 05:03
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Advocating foss for final year college project

Dear Friends,

Mr.Baskar and myself visited Jaya Engg College on 12/may/08  and gave
a talk on Advantages of using foss in college projects . We gave few
pointers and the mechanism of doing college projects in the foss way.
We Thank H.O.D Mr.Kumaran for giving us the opportunity in serving the
student community.

cheers

Thyagarajan Shanmugham
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msverman | 13 May 03:47

Re: Unable to upgrade from ubuntu 7.10 to ubuntu 8.04

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S.PARTHASARATHY . | 12 May 14:42
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Re: ilugc Digest, Vol 48, Issue 18

> நன்றி.
>
> அப்போ இதையும் விசாரியுங்களேன்.
>
> எந்த வகுப்புக்கு இவையெல்லாம்?
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> ஏன்னா இதே நிலைமைதானே இங்கே
குரோம்பேட்டையிலும், தாம்பரம் சானடோரியத்துலையும்
> நிலவும்.
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> இங்கே அப்படி யாராச்சும்
இருக்காங்களான்னு பார்த்து
அவங்களை அணுகி
> பிரச்சனைக்கு தீர்வு காண இயலு
> ம்.
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> -- ஆமாச்சு
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> ===Giving tamil translation also for the benefit of the school teachers if
> and when they start participating in these discussions==
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> திரு செந்தில் தொலைபேசினார். தலைமை
கல்வி அதிகாரியிடம் உடனடியாக பேசி
> விடுவதாக
> சொன்னார். ஜூன் முதல் வாரம் எல்லா
பள்ளி ஆசிரியர்களையும் திரட்டி
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