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Comment Post #291818 This is super-unlikely to be what you're looking for, but it may help you in the future: PDFs have a mechanism to stamp in form field data from XML. IIRC, you create the data file separately with a reference to the PDF form it loads into. This is useful if you have some process to generate partial...
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More on Hurd. Fix typo. Note that quote block is an excerpt.
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Edit Post #291804 Initial revision 7 days ago
Answer A: Confused about what "Linux" means
Richard Stallman wants you to use GNU/Linux to refer to the combination of OS and kernel that people typically call Linux. I am not a Stallman partisan one way or the other, but I think noting his complaint is informative in this context. I have emphasized the sentence of the excerpt below where he d...
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7 days ago
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Grammar. Fix typo.
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Minor proofreading. Block code since it's already on a line by itself.
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Semantic heading
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Comment Post #291543 It wouldn't surprise me if [this answer](https://linux.codidact.com/posts/290665/291122#answer-291122) on mouse button remapping could be used for keyboard keys as well.
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27 days ago
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"real" footnote.
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"real" footnote.
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Minor proofreading. Block code since it's already on a line by itself.
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Sample code
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Internally consistent Markdown formatting
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Note that sudoers IP restrictions are not what you're looking for
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Fix Puppy link. Move all the links to a bibliography at the end.
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Link Canina. Move some parentheticals to footnotes. Minor grammar improvements.
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Fix typo. Tiny grammar improvement.
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Comment Post #291379 One of the sources from the Wikipedia footnotes [says that](https://www.ncftp.com/ncftpd/doc/misc/ephemeral_ports.html#Linux) it _had been_ 1024 through 4999 in kernel 2.2 and changed in kernel 2.4 to "32768 through 61000 if adequate kernel memory is available." I don't know if this suggests a tec...
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Answer A: Nerf an SSH login outside expected IP range
authorizedkeys You can make restrictions, but it's clunky and not well-standardized. A `command` stanza on an authorized key works like the `ForceCommand` on SSHD Config. It runs the one specified command instead of your requested command or interactive session and then closes the connection. Obvi...
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Question Nerf an SSH login outside expected IP range
Can I restrict myself from certain actions when I SSH in from outside a certain IP range? For instance no `sudo`? Maybe with /.ssh/authorizedkeys having a `from="!1.2.3.4/26"` option with some kind of `command="???"`?
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Comment Post #291359 That user is the same one that posted > Cat abuse refers to any harmful or cruel treatment of cats, such as physical violence, neglect, or abandonment. [&hellip;] on your [What is cat abuse/useless use of cat?](https://linux.codidact.com/posts/291136) question. I would take their commentary wi...
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Newlines
3 months ago
Comment Post #291289 Is `yq` the reaction to "they wouldn't let me put YAML into [`jq`'s I/O](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/manual/#io)?"
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Link Canina. Move some parentheticals to footnotes. Minor grammar improvements.
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More formatting inside quote block
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Main section headings. Link hwdb(7).
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Edit Post #291122 Initial revision 3 months ago
Answer A: How do you remap mouse buttons?
Wayland, ideally If you are on Wayland, the blessed way is to use the configuration for your desktop environment (DE) to map mouse keys and other input devices, except for a couple well-known options (eg left-handed mode and middle mouse emulation). Wayland, via `hwdb` If your DE doesn't hav...
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3 months ago
Comment Post #290163 Makes sense to me. It could save some poor sod from thinking you could pipe to `test` like this: ```sh false | test || echo 'False!' ! false | test && echo 'True!' ``` You're inverting the exit code of `test`, not inverting `false` as someone might imagine. (Is this contrived? Yes, very. Is ...
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3 months ago
Comment Post #291099 From the question title, I thought you meant _syntax highlighting_ in the shell, which you can do with [`bat`](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat). Pipe your pretty (or existing) output to `bat` for colors.
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Fix Puppy link. Move all the links to a bibliography at the end.
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helpful 3 months ago
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Links!
4 months ago
Comment Post #290987 You didn't ask for this, but there's also a tool I use for SSH: [`ssh-audit`](https://github.com/jtesta/ssh-audit). It's perhaps a little too opinionated about NIST curves and the NSA (but if you're concerned about the NSA, maybe that's important). Otherwise pretty helpful.
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4 months ago
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Specifically mention crypto, because that's a main feature.
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Rearrange the chart. Editorialize.
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Table formatting on real site different from preview.
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Answer A: How do I diagnose TLS errors?
Over some period of time, I have used a couple tools for local TLS scans and diagnostics. One of them may include pointers for whatever situation you have. | Tool | Description | From | Current? | |------|-------------|------|----------| | `sslyze` | TLS analysis by protocol | | &check; | | `ci...
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Hey look, another one.
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Different run styles
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Comment Post #290797 True. If your file was made with \*Nix-y tools, it probably has the trailing newline, though.
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Yet more ASCII chart tweaking
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Better ascii art
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Answer A: How to count the lines of a file?
I think the typical way to do this uses `wc` ("word count") with the `-l` ("lines") option. ```sh $ wc -l /path/to/file 47 /path/to/file $ wc -l </path/to/file 47 $ cat /path/to/file | wc -l 47 ``` `wc` with no options prints the number of lines, words, and bytes, but `-l` can li...
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4 months ago