Questions tagged [etc]
Questions about files beneath `/etc`: How to handle them, how they are important, how to make backups, how to find important information.
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Change default shell when user not in /etc/passwd
Any ideas on how can I change the shell to fish?
$ sudo usermod -s /usr/bin/fish jaan
usermod: user 'jaan' does not exist in /etc/passwd
$ getent passwd $USER
jaan:x:15466:94:Jaan A:/home/jaan:/bin/...
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Core18: Configure /etc/issue and /etc/motd in custom image
I'd like to give users instructions to log into a web interface via /etc/issue when installing my image, however, the root directory is read only in Ubuntu Core. Is there a clever way this can be done ...
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Stuck in emergency mod, I tried something to get out, it get worse
edit : Sorry if I wasn't clear, I will try my best to be understable
I'm STUCK in emergency mod and I did something stupid to solve my issue
I edit the wrong UUID via
edit/etc/fstab
: I erased the ...
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What is causing parsing error in my /etc/fstab
I am trying to mount Google Drive, but I am getting the following error:
mount: /etc/fstab: parse error at line 12 -- ignored
mount: /home/kao/Google Drive: can't find in /etc/fstab.
The line is ...
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How to reset default permissions for /etc? [duplicate]
By mistake I have made permission changes for /etc. Now it's giving me the following error message:
bash: /etc/bash.bashrc: Permission denied
I have no name!@chandan-Inspiron-5520:~$ sudo /etc/init....
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"Pointers" with $ Syntax in /etc/environment
Is it valid to have "pointers" in /etc/environment using $FOO syntax? Right now my /etc/environment looks like this:
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
MAVEN_HOME=/usr/bin/apache-maven/apache-...
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Shadow File Permissions
I have some issues with files /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. Both of them are without permissions.
And I don't know how this happened or why. Basically I can't edit/remove these files or change ...
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Error found when loading /etc/profile [mariadb,mysql]
Booting to Ubuntu 19.04 I get black screen (frozen and not able to press the OK button) with this error message popup:
Error found when loading /etc/profile
find:'/usr/lib/mysql/plugin/...
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/etc/gdm3/Prime and /etc/gdm3/PrimeOff in ubuntu 18.04
When are these files executed and what's their use?
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What are the standard file permissions for the /etc directory(file)
I kinda screwed up the /etc directory by running:
sudo chmod 417 /etc
Leaving me unable to use sudo:
sudo: can't open /etc/sudoers: permission denied.
sudo: no valid sudoers sources foundm ...
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Qemu Snappy 15.04: How to tune sysctl.conf?
I was able to start & login into Snappy Ubuntu 15.04.
However, doing:
sudo vi /etc/sysctl.conf
is NOT permitted.
How am I suppose to tune my own kernel and make changes to
/etc for performance ...
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/etc/localtime not a link
Rather fresh install of Ubuntu 14.10. Have installed Gnome Flahsback which I am currently using. Have updated Date/Time to show Day MM DD HH:MM:SS. That's about it.
Due to another issue I checked ...
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Get notification each time someone uses apt-get install or changes files in /etc/
I manage a couple of servers where several users have sudo rights.
It works like this by design. These are development servers and users need to be able to update / install software and configure it. ...
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how to add persistent route on a container
Since up route add [-net|-host] / gw dev going into cd /etc/network/interfaces doesn't work.
How can i add persistent routes so the route is still there when it boots. I was told /etc/systemd/...
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how do I install GKSU or other program to edit as root to save changes in grub file at /etc/default to enable nomodeset bootup? [duplicate]
20 March 2019 inquiry
In November I got a response to How do I fix a frozen black screen on Lubuntu startup? from karel to consult https://askubuntu.com/tags/nomodeset/info
I initially opened grub ...
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Vundle (plugin for Vim) configuration problem
I write the following configuration in my /etc/vim/vimrc to run the Vundle plugin.
Why I got this errors?
Vim configuration block that I add:
set nocompatible " be iMproved, ...
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After accidentally renaming /etc, how do I rename it back?
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.
I renamed the /etc folder to apache2. That was my greatest mistake
Now I can't rename it back because I need to use sudo, but when I try I get the error
sudo: unknown uid ...
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Setting PATH in /etc/environment and .bashrc has corrupted the system [duplicate]
Using Ubuntu 14.04, was trying to set simply JAVA PATH (that is where the saga began) now my system seems totally corrupted.
I initially edited the PATH in etc/environment (that is where my PATH ...
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Run /etc/profile.d/script.sh as root
I have script in /etc/profile.d/script.sh that contains 3 lines:
ifconfig ens5f5 down
hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
ifconfig ensf5f
I need to run this script as root when any of users log in.
Here is ...
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mount: can't find /home/paatubo/Desktop/vmshare in /etc/fstab [duplicate]
I made a sharefolder on vmbox.
I typed
sudo mount -t vboxsf /home/paatubo/Desktop/vmshare/
But it showed the following message as response:
mount: can't find /home/paatubo/Desktop/vmshare in /...
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Sound only works from left speaker?
After installing Ubuntu 13.04 x64, I realised that my sound wasn't working (only headphone showed up in settings).
Following this guide, I manually added my Dell Studio 1740 audio hardware to:
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Apt package update is failing for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
sudo apt update is failing ubuntu 18.04.
E: Release file for http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-updates/InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 11h 10min 58s). Updates for this ...
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Update /etc/crontab to quit a process as root every other minute during working hours
How can i update /etc/crontab to quit a process as root every other minute during working hours, as in this case is 0800-1600, monday-saturday. How can I also allow the same process to be active ...
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Set up sudo so that a particular common user can edit /etc/fstab
How can I set up sudo so that a particular common user can edit /etc/fstab?
I've thought to edit /etc/sudoers.d file to do this, but how do we edit /etc/fstab in this file?
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/etc/environment does not set JAVA_HOME
I have placed Java related info to etc/environment:
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games /usr/local/jdk-9.0.1/bin"
JAVA_HOME="/usr/local/jdk-...
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etc error in ubuntu while starting system
While installing Java I did something and now getting this error.
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unable to locate etc/apt/sources.list (Ubuntu 16.04)
I'm trying to save changes to my sources.list file, but it pops up an error message:
unable to locate etc/apt/sources.file
I also tried using the following commands in order to update the sources....
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/etc/environment not work
I declare PATH="/usr/local/anaconda2/bin:/mnt/code/tool:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games" in /etc/environment.
But when I re-login,
$ echo $...
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How I can synchronise my configuration files and store the backup on another HDD? [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu Server 16.04.3 and daily I am making some changes to configuration files in /etc.
I want to synchronize these files daily and take a backup of them stored on another partition? How can ...
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Is there any difference in setting path for golang, python or java in ubuntu? [duplicate]
In some tutorials path is set in ~/.profile however in some other tutorials they use etc/path or ~/.bashrc, can you explain whats the difference and how it works in linux ubuntu. I am sorry for such a ...
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What is the purpose of /etc/default?
I've assumed /etc/default was a handy place to save the post-install/default state of configuration files so that when some poor sysadmin arrives at a new system she can quickly determine what has ...
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How can I prevent auto-mounting of a partition in fstab?
Previously, I prevented auto-mounting of a particular partition at boot by the following line in /etc/fstab
UUID=<alphanumeric> /media/windowsHDD ntfs user,noauto 0 0
At some point in the last ...
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Lingering Upstart Files in Ubuntu 17.04, Are They Compatible With Systemd?
There's this /etc/init directory with many *.conf files which belong to Upstart but I've been looking in the Web to know if Systemd is compatible with Upstart. Systemd is is compatible with SysV, is ...
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Which file stores the default reboot message broadcast?
I use auto security update on my server. Afterwards, the server reboots because I use:
Unattended-Upgrade: Automatic-Reboot "true";
Naturally, a reboot message is automatically sends to users who ...
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I accidentally deleted the /etc/rc3.d directory on my Ubuntu 16.04 installation can someone list the contents for me?
I accidentally deleted the /etc/rc3.d directory on my Ubuntu 16.04 installation can someone list the contents for me, with ls -all so I can see the symbolic links.
Thanks in advance!
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logrotate does not produce any output
I set up a logrotate configuration file containing containing two entries. the file contains the following:
/var/www/designer-24.com/var/log/* {
daily
missingok
rotate 7
dateext
...
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Why are nameservers needed in resolv.conf? [closed]
I know what a nameserver is. But can anyone explain why nameservers need to be specified in /etc/resolv.conf?
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Ubuntu 16.04 lts lost administrator rights bash: /etc/profile: Permission denied
I had an issue with wifi, which is still unsolved because of the problem that happened when I was trying to solve it.
I found this solution for wifi so tried it out:
sudo gedit /etc/pm/config.d/...
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How can I edit the lightdm.conf file and save it?
I was searching for login screens like mac and I got this one
MAC OSX LOGIN SCREEN
I did everything correctly and suddenly I was told to edit
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
I opened the file in gedit ...
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How to make etckeeper use the right value for git author & email with apt-get [closed]
I'm using git with etckeeper.
When I use sudo git to commit changes in /etc/, GIT_AUTHOR_NAME & GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL from my env are used (as intended).
When I use sudo apt-get and changes are ...
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Messed with my /etc/profile and now an error pops up every time I log in
I am fairly new to Ubuntu, and did a little more messing around than I should have. I was reading a guide on downloading the Oracle 8 JDK and it said to change the last few lines of the /etc/profile ...
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I can't make any edits in my etc folder [duplicate]
Every time I try to edit a file in /etc I get "access denied".
I tried using different text editors and nautilus and I couldn't save or change any files there.
I don't understand. Am I not supposed ...
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No '/etc' Files Created during Apache Installation
I have installed Apache using the follow command:
./configure --with-apr=/usr/local/apr --with-apr-util=/usr/local/apr-util --with-pcre=/usr/local/pcre --enable-so
make
sudo make install
Now apache ...
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Is there an application to manage config files in the /etc directory with version control?
I want to use version control for config files in Ubuntu server.
But I found it's not easy to simply use git for the whole /etc directory, because many files don't need to be tracked and sometimes ...
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Ubuntu/Linux configuration file usage convention
I have been using Ubuntu Linux occasionally for some time. I know the /etc folder is for configuration files. But I have always found 2 things difficult:
Find the correct configuration file to modify ...
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/etc/fstab Modification problem
This is what my file look like and every time I try to remount by typing
sudo mount -o remount /tmp/mnt2 it's the same error line 13 in /etc/fstab is bad
# /etc/fstab: static file system information....
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I deleted the “/etc/passwd” file and cannot log in [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 14.04. Unfortunately I deleted my /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd files and am not able to log in again.
How can I fix this?
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Is there any way to restore the distribution name? [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu on my desktop years ago, and decided to add the BunsenLabs repository and install Bunsen desktop there. However there is one little thing: the package also replace the /etc/os-...
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change /etc/group folder location
I'm using docker with ubuntu and I need to mount
/etc/group
/etc/shadow
/etc/gshadow
/etc/passwd
inside an external volume, in order to avoid the password loosing each time I've to rebuild the ...
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Make wacom settings permanent
How to make wacom tablet settings permanent?
I have these settings:
~ xsetwacom --set "Wacom Intuos PT S 2 Pad pad" button 1 "key PgDn"
~ xsetwacom --set "Wacom Intuos PT S 2 Pad pad" button 3 "key ...
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