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Fix: How can I automate clearing and resetting a Linux user's home directory to a default? #programming #answer #computers

Fix: How can I automate clearing and resetting a Linux user's home directory to a default? #programming #answer #computers

How can I automate clearing and resetting a Linux user’s home directory to a default?

I’m helping to teach two Unix courses next week. Users will be granted an account on a RHEL 5 machine, during which time they’ll add files to their /home folder, update their .bashrc and other dotfiles, and perform other general messiness that needs to be cleaned up.

Students in the second session will be…

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Resolved: Cannot create a Reddit account #answer #dev #programming

Resolved: Cannot create a Reddit account #answer #dev #programming

Cannot create a Reddit account

I’m seeing some weird behavior when I try to create a Reddit account. It says the account name is acceptable / not taken, my passwords match, and I pass the CAPTCHA (I get an error when I don’t) but when I submit the form it just disappears and I remain on the current page, not logged in. Refreshing the page changes nothing and I cannot log into the account that…

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Solution: What sort of mechanisms are used by Web applications to track my actions? #it #dev #computers

Solution: What sort of mechanisms are used by Web applications to track my actions? #it #dev #computers

What sort of mechanisms are used by Web applications to track my actions?

I am concerned about my privacy. I have read in multiple websites and forums that it is very common for Web applications to track my activities. However, I have no clear idea of the actual mechanisms they do this, or what sort of technologies are used to achieve it.

What kind of mechanisms are used to track users’s actions…

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Fix: When would you use the "password never expires" option? #development #dev #solution

Fix: When would you use the "password never expires" option? #development #dev #solution

When would you use the "password never expires" option?

I’m simply wondering when you should set a user account so that the password never expires. On what accounts is this a good idea?

Answer [by Coops]: When would you use the "password never expires" option?

Automated scripts may use it (I’ve run into issues on systems where scheduled tasks where failing silently because the owner’s password…

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Solution: Is there a usermod equivalent in terminal for OS X 10.6.1 #computers #programming #dev

Solution: Is there a usermod equivalent in terminal for OS X 10.6.1 #computers #programming #dev

Is there a usermod equivalent in terminal for OS X 10.6.1

Can anyone tell me how to modify a user and add them to a group in terminal on SL (10.6.1)?

It seems that usermod is not used by Mac.

Answer [by John T]: Is there a usermod equivalent in terminal for OS X 10.6.1

You’re correct, these commands are not included in OSX. Although there is a port of adduser for Mac, so you can add a user and…

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Answer: LDAP web user interface similar to FAS? #computers #development #programming

Answer: LDAP web user interface similar to FAS? #computers #development #programming

LDAP web user interface similar to FAS?

I’ve been setting up an LDAP server for my users, and I was wondering if there is a maintained (or not so old) web interface for user interaction, much like the Fedora Account System?

Any help or references would be very much appreciated.

Answer [by Nigel]: LDAP web user interface similar to FAS?

There is phpLDAPadmin. I just installed it a few days back…

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Fixed: How to find the creation date of a local user account? #computers #dev #programming

Fixed: How to find the creation date of a local user account? #computers #dev #programming

How to find the creation date of a local user account?

I would like to get the creation date of a local user account (Win 7 if it matters). I’ve looked at the following WMI objects (and google of course):

Win32_UserAccount Win32_NetworkLoginProfile

The objects returned from NetworkLoginProfile have the last login time, but not the creation date. Checking the Date Createdproperty of their profile…

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