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Is file permission secured when it transferred from Ubuntu to Windows?
I am having 9GB text file which is encrypted .
This file contains some confidential data . Which is on my system(Ubuntu) and my external HDD (ntfs) . This file get daily updated and then encrypted . ...
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How to disable cryptswap?
How can I disable cryptswap? I would like an unencrypted swap like before.
This is on an ubuntu 9.10 system.
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Is full partition encryption the only sure way to make Ubuntu safe from external access?
(By "external access", I mean eg. via a Live CD, or another OS on the same dual-boot machine)
A friend wants to try Ubuntu. He's fed up with Vista grinding to a crawl (the kids? :), so he likes the ...
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Boot from read-only filesystem
I want to mount my root filesystem as read-only on boot, and use separate writable partition for logs. Is it necessary to create a ramfs image for such task?
How can I do this?
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Making files generally available on Linux system (when security is relatively unimportant)?
I am using Ubuntu 9.10 on a stationary PC. I have a secondary 1 TB harddrive with a single big logical partition (currently formatted as ext4). It is mounted as /usr3 with options user, exec in ...
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How to make ext4 update files in place during writes
This question consists of two parts:
How to find out what is the writing
mode of ext4?
How to configure an
existing ext4 (a journaling file
system) to do writes to a file in
place such ...
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1answer
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How can I enable double-click execution from flash drives?
Ubuntu 10.10 does not allow double-click execution of files such as binaries or Python scripts if they are on a flash drive, even when the file is marked as executable.
I believe it is probably a ...
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Shred alternatives EXT3?
Given the fact shred will not be effective on ext3, I wonder what are the available alternatives right now.
$ man shred
...
CAUTION: Note that shred relies on a very important assumption: that
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Web Server Best Practices: Directory Structure & Security
I would like to utilize Ubuntu server as web server, but I want to make sure I follow best practices for setting things up. I want to ensure I set the directory up in the best location and understand ...
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CHOWN: What does “id -u” represent
I am working to get Mongodb running on a Ubuntu server install. In reviewing the instructions I needed to create a "\data\db" directory in the root drive. At which point I needed to alter the owner ...
