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Why does my hostname appear with the address 127.0.1.1 rather than 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts?

This may be a bit of a noobish question, but I was taking a look at /etc/hosts on my new Xubuntu install and saw this: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 myhostname On most 'nixes I've used, the second line is omitted, and if I want to add my hostname…
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How to show the host/configured/default ssh "configuration"?

According to my ssh_config file... Configuration data is parsed as follows: command line options user-specific file system-wide file With that said, (and yes, I know, I could scour man ssh_config AND man ssh, and (hope) for documented…
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How do I change the default location for a users home directory in Vista?

I would like to move the default location of my c:\Users\USERNAME to another drive. What is the easiest way to do this and how? I know that I can move each of my "Special Folders" like Documents, Pictures, etc. but that does not include the AppData…
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How do I change the Software Update server address on a client Mac (to use my own server)?

Now that I have started the Software Update service on my Leopard Server, how do I change my client Macs to check for updates on it?
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Good default for XDG_RUNTIME_DIR?

The XDG Base Directory Specification is a very interesting spec for user directories. It also provides good default values, except for XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. Now I am writing a software that needs to create named pipes. It is a per-user client-server…
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Setting default nice value for a program on linux

Strange as it seems, I can't find information how I can set a default nice value for a program (not for a user or a group!). I would like to start all chrome and firefox instances with a nice value of 10. What would be the most appropriate solution?
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GUI in MacOS for defaults?

I'm not a Mac person (yet, plan to add that to the repertoire this year) but I've been following a lot of the Mac questions on SF. The defaults command comes up a lot and from the context of the questions / answers I get what it does. Just…
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Can I deny "Internet Explorer" via GPO and use Google Chrome as a default and the only Browser?

Can I deny "Internet Explorer" via GPO and use Google Chrome as a default and the only Browser? I wonder as Internet Explorer is a part of an Windows operating system, if it's possible to deny it. I would like to force users to use Google Chrome…
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Where does finger connect to by default?

Within our corporate network, when I run finger (no arguments) from a client machine, I am presented a list of users with names and the like. But when I run finger @localhost I get "Connection refused". So where does finger connect to by default?
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Can rpcbind packagebe removed in debian wheezy, installed by default?

After installing new debian server, i made intense scan on it to check that it does not have redudant software/open ports. I found that port 111 is used via rpcbind daemon (debian wheezy installs rpcbind package by default). I found that they are…
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Importance of default windows shares

I have to set up some shares on a windows server (2003), but I really don't like those default shares (C$, ADMIN$, IPC$). I seem to remember that you shouldn't remove those shares, but when the sharing service is disabled they don't work anyway, so…
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How to disable the visual bell in Xterm

I am getting really nervous when I press 'Tab' twice and screen is blinking (goes to opposite color and returns back). I tried to change the setting in .Xdefaults file with: XTerm*visualBell: False but could not get rid of this. I also tried to…
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How to change default zfs options of a zpool?

How do I change the default options for zfs filesystems on an existing zpool? That is, ZFS stored for each zpool pool the default values for new zfs filesystems. Those are then used by zfs create as default values if they aren't explicitly…
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Print the BIND9 default configuration

Postfix has the command postconf which prints the entire Postfix configuration including its default values (default can also be shown using the -d option). Samba has a similar command which prints the entire configuration file including its default…
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How can I find the original un-changed configuration file to compare with the *.rpmnew file?

While upgrading from CentOS 5.7 to 5.8 I've received the following warnings: warning: /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config created as /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config.rpmnew warning: /etc/ssh/sshd_config created as /etc/ssh/sshd_config.rpmnew warning:…
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